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1898 Georgia hurricane

Index 1898 Georgia hurricane

The 1898 Georgia hurricane was a major hurricane that hit the U.S. state of Georgia, as well as the strongest on record in the state. [1]

43 relations: Atlantic Canada, Atmospheric pressure, Bar (unit), Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Brunswick, Georgia, Camden County, Georgia, Cumberland Island, Darien, Georgia, Fernandina Beach, Florida, Florida, Georgia (U.S. state), Guadeloupe, Highlands, North Carolina, Hutchinson Island (Georgia), Jacksonville, Florida, Key West, Landfall, Lesser Antilles, List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900), List of United States hurricanes, Mayport (Jacksonville), Midwestern United States, Monthly Weather Review, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Newfoundland (island), Norfolk, Virginia, Ohio River, Port Royal, South Carolina, Radius of maximum wind, Ridge (meteorology), Rosin, Saffir–Simpson scale, Savannah River, Savannah, Georgia, Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes, Storm surge, Surface weather analysis, Tropical cyclone, Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S. state, United States dollar, Yellow fever, 1898 Atlantic hurricane season.

Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and the easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric pressure, sometimes also called barometric pressure, is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth (or that of another planet).

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Bar (unit)

The bar is a metric unit of pressure, but is not approved as part of the International System of Units (SI).

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Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge

The Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,618 acre (118 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located in McIntosh county in Georgia.

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Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, United States.

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Camden County, Georgia

Camden County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Cumberland Island

Cumberland Island, Georgia, is the largest of the Sea Islands of the southeastern United States.

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Darien, Georgia

Darien is a city in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States.

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Fernandina Beach, Florida

Fernandina Beach is a city in Nassau County, Florida, United States, on Amelia Island.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe (Antillean Creole: Gwadloup) is an insular region of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

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Highlands, North Carolina

Highlands is an incorporated town in Macon County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Hutchinson Island (Georgia)

Hutchinson Island is a river island in the Savannah River, north of downtown Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

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Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Florida and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.

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Key West

Key West (Cayo Hueso) is an island and city in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent, at the southwesternmost end of the roadway through the Florida Keys in the state of Florida, United States.

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Landfall

Landfall is the event of a storm moving over egregious land after being over water.

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Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900)

The list of Florida hurricanes prior to 1900 extends back to 1523 and encompasses 159 North Atlantic hurricanes known to have affected Florida.

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List of United States hurricanes

The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph (118 km/h) in the United States, which is the minimum threshold for hurricane intensity.

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Mayport (Jacksonville)

Mayport is a small community located between Naval Station Mayport and the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Monthly Weather Review

The Monthly Weather Review is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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Newfoundland (island)

Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.

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Port Royal, South Carolina

Port Royal is a town on Port Royal Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.

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Radius of maximum wind

The radius of maximum wind (RMW) is the distance between the center of a cyclone and its band of strongest winds.

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Ridge (meteorology)

A ridge is an elongated region of relatively high atmospheric pressure, the opposite of a trough.

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Rosin

Rosin, also called colophony or Greek pitch (pix græca), is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vaporize the volatile liquid terpene components.

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Saffir–Simpson scale

The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS), formerly the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale (SSHS), classifies hurricanesWestern Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical stormsinto five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds.

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Savannah River

The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia.

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Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County.

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Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes

Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) is a computerized model developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Weather Service (NWS), to estimate storm surge depths resulting from historical, hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes.

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Storm surge

A storm surge, storm flood or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones), the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path, as well as the timing of tides.

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Surface weather analysis

Surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground-based weather stations.

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Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.

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Tybee Island, Georgia

Tybee Island is a city and a barrier island located in Chatham County, Georgia, 18 miles (29 km) east of Savannah, United States.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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1898 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1898 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1898.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898_Georgia_hurricane

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