Hurricane Florence (2006)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 3, 2006 to September 19, 2006

Peak strength

Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)

Lowest pressure

963 mb (28.44 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.6

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

420 nmi (778 km, 483 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)

Overall size

450 nmi (833 km, 518 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

100 kt (115 mph)

Fastest the center moved

29 kt (33 mph)

Identifier

AL072006

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

4 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

4 high surf.

• Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2006Tropical Storm60 kt · 969 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2006Tropical Storm50 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2006Tropical Storm55 kt · 1001 mb
• Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2006Cat 165 kt · 985 mb
• Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2006 · $3.8 millionCat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Hurricane HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2006Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2006Cat 175 kt · 985 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Florence