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1989 Track Chart showing track of Hugo 188K GIF Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Hugo scanned images Infrared image.

Path of hurricane hugo. The 1989 hurricane season had a total of 11 named tropical cyclones of which 7 attained hurricane strength. Hugos unprecedented winds across such large portions of the interior coastal plain and Piedmont region damaged 45 million acres of forestland in South Carolina alone. Hugo swept through Charlotte like a thief in the night.

Hurricane Hugos formation and path. Hugo made landfall just north of Charleston SC at Sullivans Island around midnight September 22 1989 as a Category 4 storm with estimated maximum sustained winds of 135-140 mph and a. Several hundred thousand people from the Caribbean to the continental US.

Hurricane Hugo 10-22 September 1989 Hugo was a classical Cape Verde hurricane that left a path of devastation across the Leeward islands the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and South and North Carolina. Weather Underground provides tracking maps 5-day forecasts computer models satellite imagery and detailed storm statistics for tracking and forecasting Major Hurricane Hugo Tracker. Hurricane Hugo 30 Years Later.

Hurricane Hugo Old Footage from 1989 after the storm. Hugo was the strongest hurricane to strike the northeastern Caribbean since 1979. Synoptic history Hugos best track positions are shown in Figure 1 and best track position central pressure and maximum oneminute wind speed.

WBTV - Hurricane Hugo made landfall in South Carolina on Sept. Taken in Pawleys Island Georgetown and coverage from Charleston South Carolina news stations. On or about midnight on September 2122 will mark the 31st anniversary of Hurricane Hugo sending a destructive path through Charleston and its neighboring beaches and towns.

Hugo made landfall in the Isle of Palms South Carolina as a terrifying Category 4 storm powered by 140 mph winds. This interactive Google Map shows you the path of Hurricane Hugo from its birth in the Atlantic to the end of its deadly rampage just outside Greenland. Hurricane Hugo was a Cape Verde hurricane that became a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale storm in the Atlantic then raked the northeast Caribbean as a Category 4 storm before turning northwest between an upper-level high pressure system to the north and upper-level low pressure system to the south.

The hurricane proved to be among the. Click image to play video which will open in a new window Twenty-five years ago around midnight on September 22 Hurricane Hugo made landfall just north of Charleston South Carolina at Sullivans Island as a Category 4 storm with estimated maximum winds of 135-140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 934 millibars 2758 inches of Hg. One of the most destructive Atlantic hurricanes in history Hurricane Hugo grew to Category 4 status before slamming into the Carolina coastline in 1989.

For many this was the most difficult period of their lives overcoming life-threatening conditions losing homes and trying to find ways to start again. GOES-7 Infrared Satellite Loop of Hugo September 9-25 1989 NOTE. It reached Charlotte about five hours later and what it left behind cannot be denied.

Developing from a cluster of thunderstorms off the coast of Africa on September 9 1989 Hugo steadily intensified. Path of the Storm. 10 - 22 September 1989.

Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast hard in September 1989 and while many did not think it would be able to travel as far inland as Charlotte it did. 16 day GOES-7 satellite loop of Hugo from its beginnings on Sept 9th to its dissipation around Sept 25th. Hurricane Hugo a Category 4 hurricane at landfall was a classic Cape Verde-type hurricane that devastated the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and South and North Carolina.

A paper published in 1992 titled Disturbance Effects of Hurricane Hugo on a Pristine Coastal Landscape. 21-22 1989 carrying a blow so staggering the mammoth storm still generates talk 27 years later. It was first identified as a group of thunderstorms near the west coast of Africa on September 9th 1989.

Hurricane watches and warnings were issued by the National Hurricane Center for areas in Hugos path from September 1522. Although Irmas path has not yet been clearly defined as to which parts of the country she will most strongly impact some storm forecasters have expressed concerns that Irmas. Map of Hugos Path across South Carolina.

Hurricane Hugo over the open Atlantic Hurricane Hugo was one the strongest and costliest hurricanes to affect the United States and Caribbean. North Inlet South Carolina USA discussed how ecosystems were impacted by Hugos saltwater storm surge that moved a great distance inland across the low terrain between the ocean and Winyah Bay. Hugo near peak intensity September 15 1989.

Like a giant brass-knuckled fist Hurricane Hugo smashed its way from the Leeward Islands in the West Indies and pummeled a path to the Carolinas in 1989.