NAMECATEGORYWIND SPEEDLANDFALL Dennis4150 Pensacola, FL Emily5160 Grenada & Mexico Katrina5175Buras,LA & Ansely,MS Maria3115None Rita5180 Wilma5185Mexico & Forida Beta3115Nicaragua

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2005 Atlantic Hurricanes and U.S. Streamflow Visualizations

WilmaImage credit: NCDC/NOAA

2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Records

WilmaImage credit: NCDC/NOAA

28 Named Tropical Storms

This is the most named storms in a single season, breaking the old record of 21 named storms set in 1933.

15 Hurricanes(RED LINES)

This is the most named storms in a single season, breaking the old record of 21 named storms set in 1933.

7 Major Hurricanes

4 Cat. 5 Hurricanes

EMILY

KATRINA

RITA

WILMA

7 Storms Made U.S. Landfall

Hurricane Katrina

Tropical Storm Arlene

Tropical Storm ArleneMakes LandfallJune 11, 2005

U.S. Streamflow Data

ARLENE

Black= Extreme High (Flood)Blue= HighGreen= NormalOrange= LowRed= Extreme Low (Drought)

ARLENE

Black= Extreme High (Flood)Blue= HighGreen= NormalOrange= LowRed= Extreme Low (Drought)

ARLENE

Black= Extreme High (Flood)Blue= HighGreen= NormalOrange= LowRed= Extreme Low (Drought)

Hurricane Cindy

CINDY

U.S. Streamflow Data

CINDY

CINDY

CINDY

CINDY

CINDY

Category 1Winds = 75 mph

Hurricane Dennis

CINDY

Dennis

U.S. Streamflow Data

Dennis

Dennis

Dennis(dissipates)

But ...

flooding

continues

throughout the southeast U.S.

Sweetwater Creek, Georgia

KATRINA

KATRINA

U.S. Streamflow Data

KATRINA

KATRINA(dissipates)

But ...

flooding

continues

New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Showing Interstate 10 at West End Boulevard, looking towards Lake Pontchartrain.

U.S. Route 90's Bay St. Louis Bridge

Formerly the Spinnaker Point condos in Pascagoula, MS

Sept.6, 2005 - Destroyed houses in Gulfport, MS

Hurricane Rita

Evacuation Route

U.S. Streamflow Data

RITA

RITA

RITA(dissipates)

Galveston Bay, Texas

Tropical Storm Tammy

U.S. Streamflow Data

TAMMY(dissipates)

Tammy and Subtropical Depression 22 merge

Tammy & SubT- 22

Tammy & SubT- 22

Tammy & SubT- 22

Tammy & SubT- 22

Tammy & SubT- 22

Wettest October on Record in Central Park, NYC

NE gets wet

very

VERY

WET

Bar Harbor, ME

Hurricane WILMA

Impacts:

HATI

Grand Cayman Island

Impacts:Key Haven, FL

CUBA

Cozumel, Mexico

Record High Winds = 185 mph

Record Low Air Pressure = 882 mbar

WILMA

Key Haven, FL

WILMA

WILMA

WILMA

WILMA

* BOSTON

* New York City

WILMA

WILMA

WILMA

WILMA

Hurricane Wilma Dissipates Over Bermuda

... 6 more named storms formed into late December 2005

The End

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CREDITS:

All animations, data, images and visualizations are courtesy of the U.S. Government

(as previously noted): NCDC/NOAA/USGS

The presentation was created by Scott Ashwell.

This data is granted free access by NOAA and USGS for K-13 educational purposes.