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===Hurricane One=== |
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{{Infobox Hurricane Small |
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|Basin=EPac |
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|Image=1854 Atlantic hurricane 1 track.png |
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|Formed=[[June 24]] |
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|Dissipated=[[June 27]] |
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|1-min winds=70 |
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During the night of [[June 24]], a tropical storm was found south of [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]]. It became a hurricane the next morning after 12 hours of being tracked. The hurricane, now heading due west toward the [[US-Mexico border]]. If the hurricane had kept on going, it would have made landfall near [[Brownsville, Texas]]. Instead, the hurricane shirted slightly north and made landfall near [[Harlingen, Texas]] during near noon of [[June 26]]. The storm quickly weakened over [[Texas]] and eventually dissipated over the [[Sierra Madre Oriental mountains]] of [[Mexico]]. |
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===Tropical Storm Two=== |
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{{Infobox Hurricane Small |
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|Basin=EPac |
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|Image=1854 Atlantic tropical storm 2 track.png |
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|Formed=[[August 24]] |
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|Dissipated=[[August 24]] |
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|1-min winds=60 |
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On [[August 24]] after two months of inactivity, a tropical storm was found by ship reports to the northeast of [[Bermuda]]. After this sighting, the storm was never found and this is the only report on the system. |
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===Hurricane Three=== |
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{{Infobox Hurricane Small |
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|Basin=EPac |
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|Image=1854 Atlantic hurricane 3 track.png |
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|Formed=[[June 10]] |
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|Dissipated=[[June 12]] |
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|1-min winds=110 |
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During the evening of [[September 6]], a [[category 3 hurricane ]]with winds of 125 [[miles per hour]] was sighted just north of [[the Bahamas]]. The hurricane continued northwestward as it slightly weakened. It made landfall just south of the Florida-Georgia border during the afternoon of [[September 8]]. The hurricane steadily weakened after landfall as it recurved into the frigid waters of the [[North Atlantic]], emerging just south of [[Chesapeake Bay]]. After entering the waters of the North Atlantic, it moved away from any landmasses as it regained hurricane strength on [[September 10]] and reached a secondary peak of 105 [[miles per hour]] or a [[category 2 hurricane]] on [[September 11|the 11th]]. The hurricane weakened slightly before becoming extratropical on [[September 12]]. The hurricane was the strongest storm of the season and caused 26 deaths. The storm caused large damage from [[Florida]] to [[New York]]<ref name="florida">{{cite web|author=NOAA|year=Unknown|title=Virginia Hurricane History 1850-1899|accessdate=2008-10-11|url=http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/valate19hur.htm}}</ref>. |
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===Hurricane Four=== |
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{{Infobox Hurricane Small |
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|Basin=EPac |
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|Image=1854 Atlantic hurricane 4 track.png |
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|Formed=[[June 10]] |
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|Dissipated=[[June 12]] |
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|1-min winds=90 |
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On [[September 17]], [[category 2 hurricane]] was found southeast of [[Galveston, Texas]]. The hurricane continued to the northwest and made landfall during the afternoon of [[September 18|the next day]] with winds of 105 [[miles per hour]] near [[Freeport, Texas]]. It quickly weakened over land and dissipated on [[September 20]]. This hurricane caused the capsizing of many small vessels along with two steamers, the ''Nick Hill'' and ''Kate Ward'' sank near [[Galveston]]. This storm killed at least four and did at least $20,000 (1854 [[USD]])<ref name="texas">{{cite web|author=David Roth|year=Unknown|title=Texas Hurricane History 1851-1900|accessdate=2008-10-13|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/txhur.php}}</ref>. |
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===Tropical Storm Five=== |
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{{Infobox Hurricane Small |
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|Basin=EPac |
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|Image=1854 Atlantic tropical storm 5 track.png |
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|Formed=October 19 |
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|Dissipated=October 22 |
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|1-min winds=60 |
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On [[October 19]], a moderate tropical storm was found due west of [[Miami, Florida]]. It continued northward while continuing to strengthen. The center of circulation (the center of the storm) just missed [[Bermuda]] during the afternoon of [[October 21]]. The storm became extratropical with winds of 60 [[miles per hour]] after slightly weakening. The storm caused no reports of damages or deaths in [[Bermuda]]. |
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==References== |
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