hurricane hurricane longest lived hurricane pacific hurricane season longest lasting pacific hurricane record record broken hurricane tina fourteen years later sixth tropical storm fourth hurricane major hurricane developed tropical disturbance coast mexico july moved northwestward westward quickly reaching peak winds mph july moving nearly westward intensity fluctuated category category status saffir simpson hurricane scale following days passed miles south hawaii july winds mph slowly weakened turned northwest cooler waters extratropical cyclone july northeast swells combined swells storm produced rough surf hawaiian islands surf destroyed house resulted considerable damage southern coast island hawaii deaths reported damage totaled usd usd meteorological history tropical disturbance persisted miles south acapulco july moved steadily westward organized warm water temperatures circulation developed system july organized tropical depression seven located miles southwest acapulco depression turned west northwest briefly weakening organized attain tropical storm status july located miles south southern tip peninsula tropical storm turned northwest reaching tropical storm status entered area increasingly warm water temperatures quickly strengthened hours tropical storm strengthened hurricane hurricane turned west northwest defined eye developed center hurricane continued quickly intensify attained category strength hours hurricane july reached peak winds mph located miles southwest cabo duration eye hurricane miles diameter moving nearly westward maintained peak winds hours weakening cooler water temperatures july passing area waters hurricane disorganized winds dropped mph shortly moved area waters reached winds mph july hours winds fluctuated slightly briefly dropping mph strengthening mph july hurricane began weaken winds dropped mph entered area responsibility slowly reached category status late july passing miles south island hawaii hurricane turned northwest upper level trough low pressure maintaining mph winds hours slowly weakened july entering area progressively cooler waters weakened tropical storm located miles east northeast weakened tropical depression day late july turning north extratropical depression approaching cold absorbed remnants passed near southern alaska july ships southeast cold bay reported heavy rainfall strong winds association remnants impact hurricane landfall strong east northeasterly swell hurricane strong southerly swell southern hemisphere storm produced high surf coastline hawaii civil defense officials reported foot waves offshore island hawaii received breaking waves feet height eastern reported foot waves reported slightly normal waves ships periphery hurricane received moderate winds rough surf reported swell waves feet high seas washed foot ashore reef people aboard sloop rescued navy torpedo boat lost auxiliary power unable progress strong winds strong trade wind gradient increased presence hurricane produced winds mph island chain dropped inches rainfall days hurricane passed south state high surf caused beach flooding eastern portion island hawaii high surf later resulted considerable damage roads houses shores waves destroyed home wrecked beach pavilion hawaiian cities issued disaster declaration cities following damage moderate waves led road flooding near water damage occurred island mph winds hawaii downed trees resulting power outages damage hurricane totaled usd usd records naming northeast pacific tropical cyclone days hours breaking previous record beginning reliable satellite monitoring set days hurricane days broke record set days records later broken hurricane tina tracked miles longest tracks record pacific hurricane hurricane usage removed storm replaced season unknown retired damage reason possible reasons listed removal pronunciation ambiguity socially unacceptable meaning language storm represented significant human disaster
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