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40 <br />40 <br />r <br />• <br />i JOSE: Category Ii hurricane with maxinturn sustained winds of 100mph, Jose <br />developed 00 miles east of the Leeward Islands. This system moved west-northwest for <br />several days as it gradually became a hurricane: flurricane watches and warnings were <br />issued for the northern Caribbean Islands. As the system continued west-northwest, the <br />center moved over Antigua., and St. Maarten with sustained winds of ]Mnph. Jose <br />brought 10 inches of rain to the north; ret islands as well as St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. <br />Jose weakened and moved over the Virgin Islands as a tropical storm with winds of <br />CrSrrtph. <br />The damage in the U.S. Terrttoncs was limited to perwet outages and localrred flowing <br />Reports from the northern islands indicated same structural damage but, no economic <br />damage estimate was available. 'r"nc statistical information on Jayne is a4 follows' <br />Economic Damages Undetermined <br />Severe housing Damage 1t1(i- <br />Power Outages 4M& <br />Injuries n/a <br />Fatalities 2 <br />Storm Surge 4' to 5' <br />As Jose passed the Virgin islands, the sy.,tem began a turn to tile north for 214 hour, I lye <br />system was experiencing the eflects of the same frontal system that turned Ilen-rreanc <br />Irene to the northeast. After 24 hours, this frontal boundary moved Jose in a northeast <br />direction. Jose flicked up speed and began moving to the northeast at 40mrtpK This <br />system moved 300 miles to the east of fiennuda and entered tine north Atlantic rapidly. <br />Jesse became extra -tropical with sustained winds of 65mph. Although making landfall <br />over the Caribbean islands, this httrrirane never posed a threat it, the Unilvd States. Tltc <br />durattun of this hurricane was nine days. October 17 to October 25. <br />'TROPICAL, DEPRESSION 912: 'Tropical Depression with maximum sustained <br />winds of 35mph. Tropical Depression # 12 developed 1000 miles east of tate Leeward. <br />Islands. This system was never well organized because of other tropical activity in the <br />areal I'D ill moved west-northwest for a short period of time before dissipating 800 <br />miles east of the Leeward Islands This trOf,icstl depression ►vas never a thecae to tiro <br />United Statcs and never made landfall in the Western Hemisphere. 'rite duration of this <br />tropical depression was four days. October 5 to October 8, <br />20 <br />