hurricane emily hurricane emily major hurricane develop average atlantic hurricane season forming tropical disturbance moved west coast africa september storm quickly attained hurricane status undergoing rapid intensification september storm attained peak intensity winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg storm weakened slightly category status making landfall dominican_republic weakening tropical storm emily rapidly tracked northeastward atlantic_ocean undergoing second phase rapid intensification passing directly bermuda september following day final public advisory national_hurricane_center issued storm transitioned extratropical cyclone brought heavy rains strong winds windward_islands september leaving numerous homes damaged severe losses banana industry losses islands amounted dominican_republic despite storm high intensity relatively moderate damage occurred people killed storm damages amounted million unexpected intensification storm led severe impact bermuda storm caused million damages injured people meteorological history hurricane emily originated tropical disturbance associated moved west coast africa september tracking westward low latitude system fluctuated organization development weakening deep convection weak outflow days september disturbance entered region sinking air factor tropical cyclone development days later system separated quickly developed tropical depression twelfth season located miles kilometers southeast barbados gradual intensification took place september attaining status tropical storm utc received emily storm tracked general west northwest direction edge strong subtropical ridge utc september center emily passed directly winds mph situated underneath anticyclone rapid intensification took place storm quickly tracked hispaniola hour span utc september utc september central barometric pressure storm dropped mbar hpa mbar hpa inhg winds increased mph equivalent high end category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale time peak intensity hurricane hunters recorded flight level winds mph unofficial pressure mbar hpa inhg slight weakening took place late september early september hurricane neared landfall utc eye emily tracked onshore dominican_republic strong category hurricane winds mph hours landfall hurricane weakened tropical storm emerged atlantic_ocean near haiti winds mph storm significantly slowed tracking eastern bahamas quasi stationary frontal system influenced emily moving generally north center circulation passed close september midday september system embedded mid latitude rapidly accelerated northeast national_hurricane_center anticipated emily undergo extratropical transition hours point forecast merge frontal system northeast storm unexpectedly underwent second phase rapid intensification september point reaching rate explosive intensification central pressure decreasing mbar hour utc emily attained hurricane intensity utc center passed directly bermuda winds mph soon storm reached secondary peak intensity winds mph minimum pressure mbar hpa inhg continued tracking northeast september following day increasing speed late september forward motion storm reached mph storm began undergo extratropical transition forward speed peaking mph highest forward motion recorded tropical cyclone interacting zone hurricane completed transition utc september resulting issuance final advisory storm preparations tropical storm emily quickly approached windward_islands september tropical storm warning issued barbados tropical storm watch declared martinique storm tracked islands watches warnings discontinued later day early september hurricane warning issued southern coast dominican_republic southern haiti including southwestern peninsula attaining major hurricane status hurricane warning declared northern haiti storm anticipated maintain hurricane intensity landfall later day hurricane watch issued southeastern bahamas turks islands watch later upgraded warning storm expected regain intensity bahamas following anticipation westerly track september hurricane watch issued northwestern bahamas later superseded warning hurricane warning declared eastern cuba early september watches warnings including bahamas discontinued emily moved atlantic_ocean september special advisory issued bermuda tropical storm force winds likely impact island following unexpected intensification special advisory issued stating hurricane force winds impact island day september advisory discontinued following storms passage later day islands schools businesses closed ahead storm dominican_republic roughly people evacuated santo domingo ahead storm storm tracked florida state officials advised residents prepare storm officials awareness stage hurricane preparation discussing possibility impact emily turks residents evacuated low lying areas shelters islands september issued information bulletin related tropical cyclone emily moving canadian offshore waters agency created month earlier warned potential heavy rainfall strong winds ocean southeast newfoundland impact aftermath tracking lesser antilles tropical storm emily brought heavy rains islands barbados high winds caused widespread roof damage downed trees power lines losses island reached banana industry sustained severe losses roughly crop destroyed schools island closed prior storm rain fell hours island causing flooding forced families evacuate homes damage island amounted mainly landslides outer bands emily produced moderate rainfall portions southwest puerto_rico peaking dominican_republic emily heavy rains caused widespread mudslides killing people person killed stepping downed power line estimated people left homeless aftermath storm upwards rain fell storm dominican_republic farming industry impacted particularly hard million losses occurring following storm hundreds volunteers dominican_republic assisted shelters helped officials clean affected areas red_cross deployed region assist left homeless storm emily caused million damage killed people emily passed haiti produced little damage loss life lack fatalities linked forest remaining mountains country estimated original size compared remaining bahamas emily produced winds mph rainfall storm expected strong passed bermuda caught guard mph winds cars boats affected houses experienced severe damage storm passage caused million damage island killed buildings lost roofs people injured winds excess mph local airport shut large portion roof blown storm cars boats flipped storm cruise ship carrying people slipped storm landfall officials bermuda cut power roughly island protect power grid unconfirmed reports tornadoes associated storm emily strongest hurricane hit bermuda season
Hurricane Emily (1987)