Hurricane Camille
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| Emergence | August 14, 1969 | |
| resolution | 22nd August 1969 | |
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| Lowest air pressure | 900 mbar ( hPa ; 26.6 inHg ) | |
| dead | 259 direct | |
| Property damage | $ 1.42 billion (1969) | |
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Affected areas |
Cuba , Alabama , Mississippi , Louisiana , Southern States , Eastern Central States | |
| Season overview: 1969 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Hurricane Camille was a Category 5 hurricane that hit the Mississippi Delta area on May 17-18. Met August 1969. Camille produced the fifth lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic basin; just under 905 hectopascals . The only hurricane to hit the mainland with even lower atmospheric pressure was the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, which hit 892 hectopascals. The true intensity of Camille can only be estimated as all meteorological instruments failed upon reaching the mainland. It is still believed that winds of 190 mph (306 km / h) and gusts of 210 mph (338 km / h) occurred. Before Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Camille held the record for the highest storm surge ever recorded in the United States (7.3 meters). Camille waved to the mainland east and made up in the south of Virginia for heavy rainfall leading to 790 mm amounted to up. At that point, Camille was downgraded to a tropical depression. The system moved further east and came across water again. Over the Atlantic , the system reached storm strength again for a short time before it dissolved.
Effects
Camille killed 143 people in the states of Alabama , Mississippi and Louisiana and devastated a large area of the Gulf Coast. The devastated area in Harrison County , Mississippi alone was 176 km². 113 people died from flooding in Nelson County , Virginia. A total of 8,931 people were injured, 5,662 homes were destroyed and 13,915 homes were badly damaged. Many of the victims were coastal residents who refused to be evacuated . The estimated total damage, adjusted for inflation, was 6.1 billion US-D (1996). The amount of damage was breathtaking for the time, but it pales in comparison to the 26 billion dollars caused by Hurricane Andrew 1992. The damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is assumed to be 81 billion dollars. This storm hit the same area as Camille and is described as quite bad by residents who have also experienced Camille, mainly because of Katrina's enormous extent (Camille was a comparatively compact hurricane).
useful information
In 1969, the naming rules for hurricanes were not interpreted as strictly as they are today. John Hope, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center , had a daughter named Camille, who was just finishing high school at the time. He added her name to the list of storms this year without realizing that the storm would make the name Camille infamous.
Comparison with Hurricane Katrina
Although Hurricanes Camille and Katrina followed a different track, they reached the same stretch of the Mississippi coast and had similar devastating effects. Camille intensified faster than Katrina and, in contrast, maintained Category 5 hurricane status until it crossed the coastline. However, Katrina's lowest central air pressure was lower. Both cyclones have in common the periods of rapid intensification. The radius of the greatest winds on Hurricane Camille was only a third of that of Hurricane Katrina and about the same size as that of the very intense but small Hurricane Andrew ; therefore, in contrast to Katrina in New Orleans , Camille only caused minor damage. The hurricane-force Camilles wind field is only two thirds of that of Hurricane Katrina. Both cyclones were moving in a similar manner at the time of landfall . Although the wind speed of Camille was higher in this phase, the storm surge generated by Katrina exceeded that of Camille at all known points, which is due to the greater extent of Hurricane Katrina.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deadliest US Hurricanes . NOAA . Retrieved May 28, 2006.
- ↑ Jay S. Hobgood (2006). 16C.7: A comparison of hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Camille (1969). American Meteorological Society . 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Retrieved May 13, 2010
- ^ Stefan Bechtel (2006). Roar of the Heavens. Stefan Bechtel, p. 279. ISBN 978-0-8065-2706-2 .
- ^ Hermann M. Fritz, Chris Blount, Robert Sokoloski, Justin Singleton, Andrew Fuggle, Brian G. McAdoo, Andrew Moore, Chad Grass, Banks Tate (2007). Hurricane Katrina storm surge distribution and field observations on the Mississippi Barrier Islands. ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB) Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Volume 74, pp. 14-20. March 13, 2009
| rank | hurricane | season | Air pressure (in mbar ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labor day | 1935 | 892 |
| 2 | Camille | 1969 | 900 |
| 3 | Irma | 2017 | 914 |
| 4th | Katrina | 2005 | 920 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1992 | 922 |
| 6th | Indianola | 1886 | 925 |
| 7th | Florida Keys | 1919 | 927 |
| 8th | Okeechobee | 1928 | 929 |
| 9 | Miami | 1926 | 930 |
| 10 | donna | 1960 | 932 |
| Source: HURDAT, Hurricane Research Division | |||
| rank | hurricane | season | Min. Air pressure hPa ( mbar ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilma | 2005 | 882 |
| 2 | Gilbert | 1988 | 888 |
| 3 | " Labor Day " | 1935 | 892 |
| 4th | Rita | 2005 | 895 |
| 5 | Everyone | 1980 | 899 |
| 6th | Camille | 1969 | 900 |
| 7th | Katrina | 2005 | 902 |
| 8th | Mitch | 1998 | 905 |
| dean | 2007 | 905 | |
| 10 | Maria | 2017 | 908 |
| Source: HURDAT | |||
See also
Web links
- ↑ a b National Hurricane Center: Atlantic hurricane best track (Hurdat) ( English ) Hurricane Research Division. Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research. April 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ National Hurricane Center: Continental United States Hurricanes (Detailed Description) ( English ) United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research. February 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2016.