Hurricane Opal - Wikipedia
Hurricane Opal was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States in October 1995.
Hurricane Opal - October 4, 1995 - National Weather Service
1995年10月4日 · At landfall, Opal was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph. Opal rapidly weakened after moving inland and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved across southern Alabama.
Gallery: Remembering Hurricane Opal 25 years later - The Destin …
2020年10月4日 · It’s been 25 years since Hurricane Opal made landfall along the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 storm packing top sustained winds of 115 mph. The storm wreaked havoc along Northwest Florida and...
20th Anniversary of Hurricane Opal - NOAA's Atlantic …
Hurricane Opal on Oct. 3, 1995 (NOAA) On the afternoon of October 4, 1995, Hurricane Opal slammed into the Florida Panhandle. After days of idling in the southern Gulf of Mexico, Opal had suddenly sprinted northward and intensified causing panic along the coast.
Remembering Hurricane Opal: 23 years ago today - al.com
2018年10月4日 · Opal made landfall on Pensacola Beach at about 5 p.m. on Oct. 4, 1995, as a Category 3 hurricane with top sustained winds of 115 mph. Opal caused extensive damage along northern Gulf Coast and...
Hurricane Opal - October 3-7, 1995 - Weather Prediction Center
category two/three hurricane near Pensacola around noon. Accelerating quickly to the northeast, Opal became extratropical on the 5th as it entered the Ohio Valley.
Hurricane Opal Facts: Learn About The Damage It Has Caused
2022年4月6日 · Hurricane Opal was a catastrophic hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 1995. The storm caused massive damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and people, estimated to have cost more than $ 4 - 4.7 billion.
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HURRICANE OPAL
Hurricane Opal, which struck the Panhandle Coast of Florida on October 4, 1995, was one of the most severe hurricanes to impact Florida this century. Hurricane Opal caused more structural damage along the Florida coast than all hurricanes and tropical storms combined since 1975.
Hurricane Opal made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida as a marginal Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale, causing extensive storm surge damage to the immediate coastal areas of the Florida panhandle. It was the first major hurricane to strike the Florida panhandle since Eloise in 1975. a. Synoptic History
Hurricane Opal Preliminary Report - Atlantic Oceanographic and ...
Aircraft reports and satellite estimates suggest that Opal strengthened into a hurricane near 1200 UTC 2 October while centered about 150 nmi west of Merida, Mexico.