By 4am the next morning, the winds had increased to 135 mph. Gulf coast residents went to bed on October 3rd knowing that Opal was a Category 2 storm with maximum winds of 100 mph. Photo courtesy of NOAA, Office for Coastal Management, DigitalCoastĪnybody living along the northern Gulf Coast in 1995 will tell you they heard some unsettling news when they woke up the morning of October 4th. Insured property damage was estimated to have cost $2.1 billion. There were 9 fatalities reported in the mainland United States, including 1 local fatality in Crestview, FL due to an F2 tornado. This system weakened further to a tropical depression as it moved into southeast Tennessee and became extratropical over the Ohio River Valley on October 5th. Opal rapidly weakened after moving inlandĪnd was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved across southern Alabama. At landfall, Opal was a Category 3 hurricane
The hurricane was centered about 290 miles south southwest of Pensacola, FL aroundĪs Opal approached the coast, it began to weaken as it made landfall at Pensacolaīeach, FL around 5pm on October 4th. The minimumĬentral pressure of 916 mb with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph occurred when strengthening into a strong Category 4 hurricane early on October 4th. North northeast on October 3rd and 4th and underwent a period of rapid intensification Level trough moved across the central United States. By this time, Opal began to drift north as a large upper On the morning of October 2nd, Opal intensified to a hurricane while centered 150 To gradually strengthen as it moved slowly into the Bay of Campeche. While centered near the north-central coast of the Yucatan peninsula. Theĭepression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Opal on the morning of September 30th Yucatan peninsula over the next three days due to weak steering currents. The depression slowly moved west across the
Hurricane Opal formed on Septemas a tropical depression 70 miles
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