[citation needed] Orlando, Florida's theme parks closed Sunday[39] only the third time Walt Disney World had closed for a hurricane, but the second time in a month. Jarvinen and Alan McDuffie - August, 1987. [28][29], While over the western Atlantic Ocean, Ginger became the last target of Project Stormfury, which sought to weaken hurricanes by depositing silver iodide into tropical cyclone rainbands. Sisko, S. R. Stewart, and A. N. Tribble, 2009: Advances and Challenges (PB85110054). Ginger moved ashore in North Carolina, producing heavy rains and damaging winds. (COM 75-11362/AS), NWS SR 83: A Satellite Classification Technique The origins of Arlene were from a cold front that exited the East Coast of the United States on July2 and stalled offshore. As the system's forward motion slowed, the eye passed over San Salvador Island and very close to Cat Island in the Bahamas. (PB285262/AS), NWS NHC 5 (PDF): Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks by 5-, 10-, They are found in the other journals for a similar length of time. NWS NHC 18 (PDF): The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense on Atlantic tropical cyclone counts, Normalized hurricane damage in the United States: 1900-2005, Available from the National Climatic Data Center. National Hurricane Center More ADDITIONAL INFO Search the . Have we reached the limits of predictability for tropical cyclone track forecasting? Two people had been killed in storm-related accidents in the Bahamas before the eye of Hurricane Frances crossed Florida's eastern coastline at Sewall's Point, north of Palm Beach, at 1 a.m. on. Within three weeks, Hurricane Frances reached the east coast near Port St. Lucie on September 5, 2004. Figure 1. NHC Publications - National Hurricane Center Edward N. Rappaport (NHC Miami), Jerry D. Jarrell (NHC Miami, retired), [4] For several days it continued generally westward, gradually losing organization. [13] The remnants continued northeastward through the Mid-Atlantic States and New England, crossing into Canada on August20. This is a table of the storms in 1971 and their landfall(s), if any. A significant tornado outbreak accompanied the storm across the eastern United States, nearly equaling the outbreak from Hurricane Beulah. 1971 Atlantic hurricane season - Simple English Wikipedia, the free (COM 71 00610), NWS SR 58: Atlantic Hurricane Frequencies Along The storm regained Category2 hurricane intensity prior to passing over Grand Bahama Island and also slowed in forward speed due to a weakness in the subtropical ridge to its north.