&sq=&lang=&file=File:Hurricane_Flossie_early_afternoon,_September_24,_1956.gif) | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 20, 1956 |
| Extratropical | September 25, 1956 |
| Dissipated | October 3, 1956 |
| Category 1 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 90 mph (150 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 974 mbar (hPa); 28.76 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Damage | $24.9 million (1956 USD) |
| Areas affected | Yucatán Peninsula, United States Gulf Coast, East Coast of the United States |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1956 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Flossy originated from a tropical disturbance in the eastern Pacific Ocean and moved across Central America into the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical depression on September 21, 1956, which became a tropical storm on September 22 and a hurricane on September 23. The hurricane peaked with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (140 km/h) before it struck the central Gulf coast of the United States as a Category 1 hurricane on September 24, and evolved into an extratropical cyclone on September 25.[1] It was the first hurricane to affect oil refining in the Gulf of Mexico. The tropical cyclone led to flooding in New Orleans, and broke a drought across the eastern United States. The death toll was 15, and total damages reached $24.8 million (1956 USD).[2][3]
Despite the damage throughout the Southern United States, the name Flossy wasn't retired.
- ^ National Hurricane Center. Atlantic Hurricane Database. Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ W. F. Stokes, Jr. Remembering Hurricane Flossie. Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
barneswas invoked but never defined (see the help page).