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| Subject: Gulf Shores, Alabama a Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:02 am | |
| Just before it made landfall in the United States, Ivan's eyewall weakened considerably, and its southwestern portion almost disappeared. Around 2 a.m. CDT September 16 (0700 UTC), Ivan made landfall on the U.S. mainland in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph (190 km/h) winds; some hurricane information sources put the winds from Hurricane Ivan near 130 mph (210 km/h) upon landfall in Alabama and northwestern Florida[4][5]. Ivan then continued inland, maintaining hurricane strength until it was over central Alabama. Ivan weakened rapidly that evening and became a tropical depression the same day, still over Alabama. Ivan lost tropical characteristics on September 18 while crossing Virginia. Later that day, the remnant low drifted off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast into the Atlantic Ocean, and the low pressure disturbance continued to dump rain on the United States.[1] Most intense Atlantic hurricanes Rank Hurricane Season Pressure hPa inHg 1 Wilma 2005 882 26.0 2 Gilbert 1988 888 26.2 3 "Labor Day" 1935 892 26.3 4 Rita 2005 895 26.4 5 Allen 1980 899 26.5 6 Katrina 2005 902 26.6 7 Camille 1969 905 26.7 Mitch 1998 905 26.7 Dean 2007 905 26.7 10 "Cuba" 1924 910 26.9 Ivan 2004 910 26.9 Source: HURDAT[6] On September 20, Ivan's remnant surface low completed an anticyclonic loop and moved across the Florida peninsula. As it continued west across the northern Gulf of Mexico, the system reorganized and again took on tropical characteristics.[1] On September 22 the National Weather Service, "after considerable and sometimes animated in-house discussion [regarding] the demise of Ivan,"[7] determined that the low was in fact a result of the remnants of Ivan and thus named it accordingly. On the evening of September 23, the revived Ivan made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana as a tropical depression. Ivan finally dissipated on September 24 as it moved overland into Texas.[1] c unit testingBarbecue en Brique pour Jardin | |
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