Hurricane Fran - Wikipedia
Hurricane Fran caused extensive damage in the United States in early September 1996. The sixth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, Fran developed from a tropical wave near Cape Verde on August 23.
Hurricane Fran: September 5, 1996 - National Weather Service
Sep 5, 1996 · Radar loop of the Hurricane Fran's landfall, 7:17 pm until 9:03 pm on September 5, 1996. A zoomed-out 12-hour loop is available here. Landfall occurred around 8:30 pm on Thursday September 5, 1996 as the ragged eye crossed over …
Hurricane Fran - National Weather Service
Hurricane Fran formed from a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on August 22 nd. Around 8 a.m. August 23 rd , ship reports confirmed that the circulation had reached the surface, making it a tropical depression just southeast of the Cape Verde Islands.
Hurricane Fran Preliminary Report - aoml.noaa.gov
Fran began to track toward the west-northwest in the wake of Hurricane Edouard. Deep convection became more concentrated and Fran is estimated to have reached hurricane status at 0000 UTC 29 August while centered about 400 n mi east of the Leeward Islands.
WRAL's complete coverage of Hurricane Fran September 1996
In September 1996, Hurricane Fran battered central North Carolina. The storm came ashore near Wilmington as a Category 3 hurricane, packing 115 mph winds. Far from the coast, high winds,...
Hurricane Fran - Flooding of September 1996 - National Weather Service
Sep 6, 2016 · By September 4 th, Fran was a powerful Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph sustained winds. The storm made landfall in southeastern North Carolina, near Cape Fear, the following day, moving inland and weakening, but still …
Hurricane Fran: A Storm to Remember - Coastal Review
Sep 2, 2016 · Hurricane Fran, the sixth named storm of the 1996 season, made landfall just south of Wilmington on the evening of Sept. 5. Fran came ashore as a moderate hurricane, a category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, with 115 mph sustained winds and a 12-foot storm surge.
Hurricane Fran | North Carolina storm nightmare was 20 years …
Sep 2, 2016 · Nearly 12 hours and more than 200 miles after making landfall, Fran was no longer a hurricane as it left North Carolina, but it was still fearsome as it crossed the Virginia border.
Hurricane Fran - Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological …
For Hurricane Fran, forecast to make landfall near the North-South Carolina border, we planned to fly a rotated figure 4 pattern at 5000', adjusted to pass over surface marine stations, followed by several passes through the center along radials from the Wilmington, (KLTX) and Newport, NC, (KMHX) WSR-88D radars.
Hurricane Fran still haunts North Carolina years later - WXII …
Jun 27, 2024 · Hurricane Fran was supposed to turn into Charleston, South Carolina, while eerily on the same path as Hugo, but instead, it headed straight for North Carolina.