This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2004. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Frances.
Hurricane Frances
Frances near peak intensity north of Puerto Rico on August 31
Meteorological history
Formed
August 24, 2004 (August 24, 2004)
Extratropical
September 8, 2004
Dissipated
September 10, 2004 (September 10, 2004)
Category 4 major hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds
145 mph (230 km/h)
Lowest pressure
935 mbar (hPa); 27.61 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
50
Damage
$10.1 billion (2004 USD)
Areas affected
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Bahamas
East Coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
Atlantic Canada
IBTrACS
Part of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Frances was the second most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic during 2004 and proved to be very destructive in Florida. It was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The system crossed the open Atlantic in late August, moving to the north of the Lesser Antilles while strengthening. Its outer bands struck Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands while passing north of the Caribbean Sea. The storm's maximum sustained wind peaked at 145 mph (233 km/h), achieving Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. As the system's forward motion slowed, the eye passed over San Salvador Island and very close to Cat Island in the Bahamas. Frances was the first hurricane to impact the entire Bahamian archipelago since 1928 and almost completely destroyed their agricultural economy.
Frances then passed over the central sections of Florida, three weeks after Hurricane Charley, causing significant damage to the state's citrus crop, closing major airports and schools, and forcing the cancellation of a collegiate football game. The storm then moved briefly offshore from Florida, into the northeast Gulf of Mexico, and made a second U.S. landfall, on the Florida Panhandle, before accelerating northeast through the eastern United States near the Appalachians and into Atlantic Canada while weakening. A significant tornado outbreak accompanied the storm across the eastern United States, nearly equaling the outbreak from Hurricane Beulah. Very heavy rains fell in association with this slow-moving and relatively large hurricane, which caused floods in Florida and North Carolina. 50 people died and damages totaled US$10.1 billion (2004 dollars).
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