![]() A total of 22 lives were lost in North Carolina from this storm" Two children were crushed when a tree fell on a house in Sampson County. Great destruction was reported to forests, crops and property, and to shipping. Damage to the Wilmington waterfront was estimated at $150,000. ![]() In the Wilmington area, the tide and overflow of water were reported as the highest known to date, being 16 inches above the high water mark of 1853. NWS Meteorologist James Hudgins found the following information about this storm: " The highest reported wind in North Carolina was 94 mph at Southport. Hurricane force winds were still occurring across portions of Eastern Virginia, Maryland and Delaware as the circulation center moved across eastern West Virginia and into southern Pennsylvania. After making a glancing strike on Abaco Island in the Bahamas during the evening of October 12th, the hurricane turned north and came ashore near McClellanville, SC as a powerful category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph.Īs the hurricane moved north through the eastern Carolinas it only slowly lost strength as the center passed near the towns of Georgetown, Conway, Tabor City and Bladenboro. The wave organized into a tropical storm on September 25th, strengthened into a hurricane during the evening of September 27th, then became a major hurricane early in the morning on October 2nd while nearly 800 miles east of the Windward Islands. The Charleston Hurricane of 1893 was a long-tracked, classic Cape Verde hurricane that developed from a tropical wave that moved off Africa in late September. The ninth storm of the 1893 Hurricane Seasonĭate: OctoLowest Pressure: 29.12 inches of Mercury, 986.1 millibars Storm #20: 1893 "Charleston Hurricane" Pressure: 29.12" Sorted by lowest barometric pressure, here is the list of the 20 strongest storms in Wilmington's history: Since the late 1940s readings have been taken at the Wilmington International Airport prior to that observations were taken from a variety of locations downtown. Official barometric pressure readings in Wilmington began in 1871 and continue through the present day. Most of Wilmington's strongest storms have been tropical systems - 12 of the top 20 in fact. Simply put: the lower the atmospheric pressure, the more powerful a storm is. Meteorologists use barometric pressure as one way to rank the intensity of a low pressure system. National Weather Service, Wilmington, North Carolina Tim Armstrong, Meteorologist & Climate Program Leader We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on the island.Top 20 Storms in Wilmington, North Carolina's History as ranked by lowest barometric pressure If you would like more information about property management and want your home to generate additional income, please give us a call 910.457.1702.
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