halloween tropical storm halloween tropical storm late season tropical cyclone caused significant damage east_coast united_states halloween sixteenth tropical storm annual hurricane season formed area disturbed weather gulf_of_mexico october storm later came ashore west coast florida crossing state produced severe thunderstorms north_carolina virginia coastline extratropical november extratropical system intensified equivalent category hurricane modern day saffir eventually dissipated november shortly hitting northwest france storm affected town norfolk damaging storm despite damage inland storm best known unusually high maritime incidents caused ship schooner called capsized killing captain crew members ships driven ashore virginia beaches numerous danger meteorological history storm originated area disturbed weather persisted gulf_of_mexico late october outside area coastal stations october disturbance completed tropical cyclogenesis sixteenth tropical storm season forming storm located miles northwest began moving east northeastward making landfall crossed land emerged water hours weakening passage near storm estimated barometric pressure inhg supporting minimal tropical storm strength crossing state paralleled east_coast days passed closest land near north_carolina coastline october peak intensity sustained winds mph pressure inhg shortly moving away land extratropical extratropical cyclone moved away coast strengthened equivalent category hurricane modern day saffir simpson hurricane scale november began weakening trend november taking path north atlantic_ocean november cyclone started general east southeast motion passing near southwest coasts ireland great_britain landfall france november dissipated proposed track modified track differs official record new evidence theory given showed cyclone executing counter clockwise loop northwest france dissipating storm november impact formative stages storm responsible causing rain gulf_coast florida storm crossed florida recorded rainfall strengthened east_coast storm caused damage towns maximum wind speed mph measured north_carolina impact storm intense generating maximum winds mph high mph late october following afternoon despite intensity minor damage reported heavy rain totals reported unusually reports hail snow received locations telegraph poles snapped south little affecting communication worst land based impact storm virginia hit combination wind rain blown sand october communications norfolk lost norfolk storm longest lasting damaging great hurricane storm conditions beaches area hazardous watched day night effects storm reached far north massachusetts winds mph recorded despite causing damage east_coast storm best known causing record number maritime incidents numerous ships caught storm october steamship reported gale force winds november steamship australia reported stormy weather ship brig caught storm november flooded pumps manned water level inside ship soon reached carried away wave distressed ship spotted rescued crew brought port vessel spotted sunken schooner crew mast ropes rescued addition ships deemed total losses beached virginia mary ripped cables stranded near shortly rescue crew ship holmes found beached ship driven far beach crew able jump wade safety ship crashed shore combination storm human error captain confused spotting schooner deaths associated storm occurred cook ship crushed death cargo lumber hauled ship ship pushed sand bar captain stayed high starboard safety began climbing slip ship cables ship sudden stop captain water drowned bodies found storm captain sent connecticut body cook buried beach final ship schooner spotted crew managed rope shore fishermen tied end crew able climb ashore captain rescued alternate means heavy method ship written usd loss ships beached loss communications wreck mary reported norfolk newspaper result news deaths initially
1887 Halloween tropical storm