Hurricane Florence (1994)
Hurricane Florence reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between November 2, 1994 and November 8, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 972 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Florence, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- November 2, 1994 to November 8, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb (28.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1032 km (641 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111994
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 22.7N 47.0W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 23.2N 47.7W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 23.8N 48.2W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 24.2N 48.9W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 24.5N 49.9W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 24.7N 50.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 25.0N 51.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 25.3N 52.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 4, 00:00 | 26.0N 52.6W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 06:00 | 26.7N 52.9W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 12:00 | 27.3N 53.4W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 4, 18:00 | 28.1N 54.0W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 5, 00:00 | 28.8N 54.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 5, 06:00 | 29.4N 55.1W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 5, 12:00 | 30.0N 55.7W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 5, 18:00 | 30.6N 56.2W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 6, 00:00 | 31.3N 56.7W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 6, 06:00 | 32.0N 56.9W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 6, 12:00 | 32.6N 57.0W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 6, 18:00 | 33.0N 56.9W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 33.3N 56.5W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 33.7N 56.0W | 70 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 34.4N 54.8W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 35.4N 53.1W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 37.0N 49.9W | 95 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 39.2N 45.5W | 95 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 41.8N 40.7W | 85 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 44.2N 36.2W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 1994 · 1,152 deaths · $594 million
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.