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Hurricane Emily (1993)

Hurricane Emily was a Category 3 hurricane at its peak, with 115 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 960 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 2 of the cities we track; the strongest was Virginia Beach, VA, with a modeled peak gust of 79 mph.

Peak strength115 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 3
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
960 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Emily’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Modeled winds at cities (2)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Virginia Beach, VA79 mph65 mph89 milesSep 1, 1993, 12:45 AM EDT
Wilmington, NC48 mph39 mph155 milesAug 31, 1993, 1:45 PM EDT

Best track (61 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 22, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb19.9°N, 52.6°W
Aug 23, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb20.5°N, 53.6°W
Aug 23, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb21.3°N, 54.8°W
Aug 23, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb22.3°N, 56.0°W
Aug 23, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb23.2°N, 57.1°W
Aug 24, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb24.3°N, 57.8°W
Aug 24, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb25.4°N, 58.6°W
Aug 24, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1020 mb26.7°N, 59.5°W
Aug 24, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1019 mb27.6°N, 60.0°W
Aug 25, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1018 mb28.0°N, 60.3°W
Aug 25, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1017 mb27.9°N, 60.5°W
Aug 25, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1016 mb28.0°N, 60.4°W
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