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Hurricane Erin (1995)

Hurricane Erin was a Category 2 hurricane at its peak, with 98 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 973 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 15 of the cities we track; the strongest was Pensacola, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 89 mph.

Peak strength98 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 2
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
15
LandfallsFirst August 2, 1995
2
Lowest pressure
973 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 Erin’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

Landfalls

  1. August 2, 1995, Category 1 at 86 mph, about 28 miles from Palm Bay, FL
  2. August 3, 1995, Category 1 at 86 mph, about 10 miles from Pensacola, FL

Modeled winds at cities (15)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Pensacola, FL89 mph72 mph7 milesAug 3, 1995, 11:45 AM EDT
Port St. Lucie, FL85 mph69 mph24 milesAug 2, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
Palm Bay, FL82 mph67 mph9 milesAug 2, 1995, 1:45 AM EDT
Crestview, FL73 mph60 mph48 milesAug 3, 1995, 7:45 AM EDT
Orlando, FL73 mph59 mph30 milesAug 2, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT
Deltona, FL66 mph54 mph60 milesAug 2, 1995, 4:15 AM EDT
Mobile, AL64 mph52 mph21 milesAug 3, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
Daphne, AL60 mph49 mph14 milesAug 3, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
Lakeland, FL60 mph49 mph11 milesAug 2, 1995, 4:30 AM EDT
Cape Coral, FL54 mph44 mph104 milesAug 2, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
Miami, FL54 mph44 mph106 milesAug 2, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
North Port, FL53 mph43 mph81 milesAug 2, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
Naples, FL51 mph42 mph132 milesAug 2, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
Ocala, FL51 mph42 mph60 milesAug 2, 1995, 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa, FL50 mph40 mph26 milesAug 2, 1995, 5:15 AM EDT

What happened

After crossing the Bahamas, Erin made landfall near Vero Beach, Florida, at about 2:15 a.m. EDT on August 2, 1995, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75-knot (86 mph) winds and a 984 mb central pressure.1 It crossed the peninsula and the eastern Gulf and came ashore again at Pensacola Beach at 11 a.m. CDT on August 3 with 75-knot (86 mph) winds and a 973 mb pressure. Earlier that morning, a small part of its northeastern eyewall brought an estimated 85-knot (98 mph) wind ashore near Fort Walton Beach.1

On the east coast, NWS Melbourne estimated a 2 to 4 foot storm tide, and up to about 12 inches of rain fell southwest through northwest of its office. Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged in Brevard County, and rain flooded parts of the Melbourne and Palm Bay areas.1

In the Panhandle, storm tides reached an estimated 6 to 7 feet just west of Navarre Beach and 3 to 4 feet along Pensacola Beach. Pensacola Naval Air Station measured an 88-knot (101 mph) gust, the highest at an official Panhandle station.1 More than 2,000 homes were damaged on Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach, around Mary Esther and in northeast Pensacola, and about 100 more inland in Alabama.1 NHC tentatively estimated total US damage at $700 million. It reported no deaths in Florida, but six people drowned in the Atlantic and Gulf waters off the state.1

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA National Hurricane Center: Preliminary Report, Hurricane Erin, 31 July to 6 August 1995

Best track (30 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jul 31, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1004 mb22.3°N, 73.2°W
Jul 31, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1003 mb22.6°N, 73.6°W
Jul 31, 12:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph999 mb22.8°N, 73.9°W
Jul 31, 18:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph997 mb23.2°N, 74.3°W
Aug 1, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph992 mb23.6°N, 74.9°W
Aug 1, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph988 mb24.3°N, 75.7°W
Aug 1, 12:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph985 mb25.5°N, 76.3°W
Aug 1, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph980 mb26.3°N, 77.7°W
Aug 2, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph982 mb26.9°N, 79.0°W
Aug 2, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph985 mb27.7°N, 80.4°W
Aug 2, 06:15 UTC (landfall)Category 1 hurricane86 mph984 mb27.7°N, 80.3°W
Aug 2, 12:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph990 mb28.2°N, 81.9°W
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