![]() This was our first and only strike of a full strength hurricane from the Atlantic. Ninety percent of Jacksonville lost power for a week because of downed trees and power lines. Augustine with a storm surge of 13 feet on the shoreline. Eleven hours later, the center of Dora passed over St. We had no radar reports, but depending on barometric pressures along the coast, I told our viewers the storm's true center was aiming at St. At 1 p.m., gyrations of Dora's eye as it approached the Gulf Stream led the Hurricane Center to report that Dora was centered 65 miles east northeast of St. It was difficult top track the storm's location on radar. When WJXT lost power, we still had telephone service to forward storm reports to the public and radio stations. During the afternoon, heavy rains and gale force winds caused much of northeast Florida and the Georgia coast to lose power. ![]() WJXT had two power lines from the Jacksonville Electric Authority Southside Generating Station three blocks away. ![]() ![]() On September 9, with Dora's sustained winds 125 mph as it moved erratically toward the coast, our news department was continually updating reports from the beach and inland communities, the Civil Defense and Red Cross offices, area police and fire departments, and the Jacksonville Electric Authority. Augustine-Jacksonville area as it reached the northeast Florida coast. For this reason, I predicted Dora would bring 100 mph winds to the St. I knew a slight shift northward would send the hurricane directly at the northeast Florida coast. A high pressure system to the north had caused Dora to aim at the central Florida coast. It became a hurricane the next day, then a major hurricane with 115 mph winds by September 3 and moved on a track toward Bermuda.īut on Monday September 7, the storm turned toward westward, toward Cape Canaveral, the location of the Kennedy Space Center. On September 1, tropical storm Dora formed 2,500 miles away in the tropical Atlantic. On August 31, I pointed out that our greatest danger would be from a full-force hurricane striking our coast from the Atlantic. With three months left in the hurricane season, I feared that warnings for a real hurricane threat may not be taken seriously. By the time Cleo passed over Jacksonville Beach, it was only a tropical storm with peak wind gusts only 50 mph. The hurricane weakened as it moved up the peninsula. Weather Bureau for the Florida East Coast for Hurricane Cleo, which struck Miami with 135 mph winds on August 27. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.In late August 1964, hurricane warnings were posted by the U.S. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The storm was expected to continue weakening over the next 48 hours as it remained on a track roughly parallel to Mexico’s southwestern coast. Located roughly 255 miles (415 kilometers) south of Cabo San Lucas, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 90 miles (150 kilometers) per hour. PDT on July 22, the NHC reported, Dora had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. Dora’s eye is southwest of Cabo Corrientes, and storm clouds graze the coast.īy 5:00 a.m. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image around 1:00 p.m. At that time, the NHC stated, Dora was located about 240 miles (390 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Dora had maximum sustained winds of 155 miles (250 kilometers) per hour with higher gusts. Pacific Daylight Time on July 21, 2011, Dora was nearly a Category 5 hurricane.
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