1995 Atlantic hurricane season
The Atlantic hurricane season 1995 was after the Atlantic hurricane seasons in 2005 and 1933, the third most active hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean since the beginning of reliable records in 1851. She began officially on 1 June 1995 and lasted until 30 November 1995. These dates limited conventionally the period of each year in which form the master tropical cyclones. The 1995 season was very active, mainly because of the favorable conditions. Nineteen named storms formed during the season, of which eleven storms reached hurricane strength. The most notable storms were Luis, Marilyn and Opal.
Storms
Hurricane Allison
Allison formed from a tropical depression, the south-east of Cuba was taken on June 2. The following day, the low pressure system moved towards the northwest and strengthened into a tropical storm, which was given the name Allison and made on the island for continuing rain and gusty wind. Despite strong upper-level winds intensified the storm on June 4, a hurricane category 1 Prior to landfall 35 km east of Carrabelle Beach in Franklin County on June 5, Allison weakened to a tropical storm. On the following days Allison moved inland and became an extratropical low. The storm brought to the U.S. East Coast gusty winds and heavy rains, before continuing towards Nova Scotia and moved west eventually resolved completely from Greenland.
Although weakened to a tropical storm Allison in front of their landfall in Florida, the storm brought a storm surge of 1.8-2.5 meters and rainfall of up to 150 mm. At least 60 homes and businesses were damaged by the storm and flooded several streets. A total of four tornadoes raged in Florida, one of which was classified as F1 on the Fujita scale. The damage amounted to a total of $ 860,000. In Georgia, there were several tornadoes and heavy rains that triggered minor flooding. There incurred damages of $ 800,000.
Tropical Storm Barry
On 5 July, the National Hurricane Center was watching a very weak low pressure area, which had an air pressure of 1019 hPa and was between South Carolina and Bermuda. The following day, it organized itself more and more, so that the National Hurricane Center, the low pressure area to a tropical depression explained two. On July 7, intensified tropical low pressure system off the coast of South Carolina to a tropical storm and was named Barry. The storm moved north and made landfall on July 9 at the eastern tip of Nova Scotia, until it became extratropical on July 10.
Barry brought heavy rains and moderate wind to the Atlantic provinces. Was particularly severely affected Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. In Fourchu, Nova Scotia wind speeds were reached by 75 km / h. The majority of the rainfall that produced Barry, occurred over Nova Scotia. Here the rainfall reached 110 mm peaked. Smaller floods have been reported following the heavy rains. After the storm became extratropical, it rained on the Labrador Peninsula 65 mm.
Tropical Storm Chantal
Chantal comes from a tropical wave that moved on July 5 of the West African coast of the Atlantic Ocean. On July 12, this wave developed a good circulation and was then classified as Tropical Depression Three. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Chantal quickly. First, it was expected that Chantal is going to draw the Bahamas. Therefore, first and storm warnings were issued. However, this did not happen because Chantal turned a sharp turn to the north and the Bahamas as well as the rest of the Caribbean spared. After the storm moved north, Chantal now threatened to pull over Bermuda. Therefore, storm warnings were also issued here. These were, however, on July 18, repealed since Chantal vorbeizog northwest of Bermuda. Early on July 17, Chantal reached almost hurricane status. However, later that day the storm began to weaken. On July 20, Chantal was declared extratropisch after the storm affected American shipping companies.
Although Chantal remained at sea, the storm brought heavy rains to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. On the Burin Peninsula fell 75 millimeters. Further west, in Nova Scotia, heavy rainfall with record amounts of 122 mm were reported.
Tropical Storm Dean
Hurricane Erin
On July 22, a tropical wave left the west coast of Africa and moved slowly to the Lesser Antilles, where the system began to intensify. On July 31, it amplified, as it was located west of the Turks and Caicos islands in the Tropical Storm Erin. Despite increasing wind shear reinforced the storm on the same day into a hurricane as it moved northwest. The next day, Erin saw a further intensification and went with wind speeds of 140 km / h in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida on land. The storm weakened over land rapidly to a tropical storm off before he moved to the warm Gulf of Mexico and again reinforced in a hurricane. On August 3, Erin had come through strengthened to be classified as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 155 km / hr. With this intensity of the hurricane makes its second landfall on Pensacola Beach and weakens thereafter rapidly. In the next few days Erin pulls over the southern United States to the Midwest, until it is merged on August 6 with a frontal system over West Virginia.
Erin was the first hurricane since Hurricane Andrew, which made a landfall on the United States. In Jamaica broke Erin's outer rain bands of heavy rainfall, so there crashed a plane. Five people died there. Two other deaths occurred when two people were struck by lightning. Although the Bahamas strong winds and heavy rains were expected, the damage remained there in conjunction with Erin is usually mild. On the coast of Florida 9 people, 3 of them were drowned by the sinking of a cruise ship. Overland ensured strong winds of Erin for damage to at least 2,000 homes, most of them in Florida Panhandle. In addition, the storm caused a power outage, from which a million people were affected. Several tornadoes made for some damage. In Alabama also more than 100 houses were damaged. Between 50 and 75 percent of the harvest in Baldwin County was lost. Similar damage also occurred in Mississippi, even if only slight. Some areas were affected by heavy rains caused the Erin. A total of 13 deaths and damage of 700 $ one million are reported.
Tropical Depression Six
The southern part of the tropical wave from which Erin was formed in late July drew further into the Caribbean. On August 4, the system was in the Bay of Campeche and evolved until the next day in the Tropical Depression Six. The depression moved on the same day gradually to Mexico and strengthened further. According to satellite images but the intensity remained just below that of a tropical storm. Later on August 6 the low pressure area is in Veracruz on land and broke up the next day.
Hurricane Felix
Tropical Storm Gabrielle
Hurricane Humberto
Hurricane Iris
Tropical Storm Jerry
Tropical Storm Karen
Hurricane Luis
Tropical Depression Fourteen
Hurricane Marilyn
Hurricane Noel
Hurricane Opal
Tropical Storm Pablo
Hurricane Roxanne
Tropical Storm Sebastien
Hurricane Tanya
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