AL142018 | 2018 season
- Formed
- 2018-10-06
- Dissipated
- 2018-10-15
- Peak wind
- 140 kt
- Lifetime category
- 5
- Min pressure
- 919 mb (lifetime)
- Florida date
- 2018-10-10
- Approach
- gulf
- FL regions
- NW5
- Center landfall
- yes (1)
- ENSO (ASO ONI)
- +0.53
- Peak surge (FL)
- 14 ft (Mexico Beach (Tyndall AFB to Port St. Joe))
Surge: inundation above ground level, 9-14 ft across the landfall zone. USGS storm-tide sensor at Mexico Beach pier recorded 15.5 ft MSL with ~5 ft waves atop the surge. Source: NHC Tropical Cyclone Report; NHC Storm Surge Unit.
Track
- below hurricane strength
- Cat 1
- Cat 2
- Cat 3
- Cat 4
- Cat 5
- first track point
- landfall (HURDAT2 L record, colored by intensity there)
- Florida-relevant point (strongest fix on the FL impact date)
- Florida Straits / Cuba shelf corridor (where track wobble is measured)
HURDAT2 best track. Coastline is stylized for orientation, not a boundary source.
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Intensity
Maximum sustained wind over the storm lifetime, with Saffir-Simpson thresholds and the Florida-relevant date marked. All values from HURDAT2.
Official Sources
How This Record Was Built
join: name_match | confidence: high | pressure diff: 0mb | enrichment v1.3.0 | status: machine_enriched
Impact facts from the NOAA Continental US Hurricane Impacts table; track and intensity from NOAA HURDAT2; ENSO phase from CPC ONI. Full rules on the methodology page.