Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia
WEBAcross the Yucatán peninsula, Hurricane Wilma dropped torrential rainfall, inundated coastlines with a significant storm surge, and produced an extended period of strong winds. The hurricane lashed parts of the Yucatán peninsula with hurricane-force winds gusts for nearly 50 hours.
Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida - Wikipedia
WEBStorm surge from Wilma on Key Haven, island suburb of Key West, Florida. Wilma caused two storm surge events in the Florida Keys, with the first occurring several hours before the storm's landfall in Florida and the second beginning just after the hurricane struck the state.
Wilma - National Weather Service
WEBOct 24, 2005 · Figure 9 illustrates a simulation of the storm surge for hurricane Wilma. Chokoloskee experienced a storm surge of around 7 feet, which caused extensive flooding. A storm surge of around 7 feet was estimated in Marco Island, with 4 feet in Everglades City.
wilma - National Weather Service
WEBMar 1, 2007 · Hurricane Wilma moved across the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico and southern Florida peninsula during the morning hours of Monday, 24 October 2005, bringing hurricane-force winds to the Florida Keys and the highest storm surge observed in the Keys since Hurricane Betsy, on 8 September 1965.
WILMA: A POWERFUL STORM THAT BROUGHT SURGE TO THE …
WEBJun 20, 2022 · “In the span of just 24 hours, Wilma had intensified from a 60-kt tropical storm to a 150-kt category 5 hurricane, an unprecedented event for an Atlantic tropical cyclone,” according to the National Hurricane Center’s report.
Hurricane Wilma 10 years on: The water's gone but not the painful ...
WEBTen years ago today on Oct. 24, 2005, the most devastating hurricane to hit the Keys in 45 years arrived in the form of Wilma -- the worst storm Monroe County has seen since 1960's...
Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Mexico - Wikipedia
WEBThe hurricane moved ashore with an estimated 4.6 m (15 ft) storm surge, accompanied by 5 to 8 m (16 to 26 ft) waves which reached the third stories of some buildings. Wilma severely eroded the beaches of eastern Quintana Roo and caused flooding in …
15 Years Ago, the Most Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Season on …
WEBMay 28, 2020 · Hurricane Wilma set a record for the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic basin on the morning of Oct. 19, 2005. The pressure reading of 882 millibars was recorded while...
WEBstorm surge. Wilma made landfall near Cape Romano in Collier County, Florida, bringing its approximately 10-foot storm surge into the Ten Thousand Islands region of Collier County and the Florida Everglades National Park segment of coast in Monroe County. At 7:00 a.m., the NHC’s advisory number 36A located Wilma near latitude 26.1
Hurricane Wilma | Key West, FL
WEBThe island was impacted by two different storm surges, at different times of the day; one on the leading edge of the storm and the second surge on the trailing side as it passed. First Storm Surge. The first storm surge began …