August 27, 200422 yr Hurricane Charley came ashore on the Charlotte-Lee County line. Therefore the name Char(Charlotte)-ley(Lee) is both infamous, yet almost as if meant to be. Very weird thing going around, just wanted to share it.
August 27, 200422 yr Hurricane Charley came ashore on the Charlotte-Lee County line. Therefore the name Char(Charlotte)-ley(Lee) is both infamous, yet almost as if meant to be. Very weird thing going around, just wanted to share it. 528633[/snapback] Ok Cape. Let me add it hit on Friday, the 13th of August.
August 28, 200422 yr Charley was weird. 529308[/snapback] Yes it was. One of those storms you can't help but laugh at the media for.
August 28, 200422 yr Does anyone know if Charley is being retired as a hurricane name, or is it only cat 5's???
August 28, 200422 yr Does anyone know if Charley is being retired as a hurricane name, or is it only cat 5's??? 529381[/snapback] Umm lets see. Duh.
August 28, 200422 yr Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be ?retired? by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms. I don't see how it's so obvious Charley is going to be retired. You never know if they'll request to be retired. Floyd was never retired.
August 28, 200422 yr Author I think Charley will be retired. It was a horrible storm, but we have 5 years to do it in.
August 28, 200422 yr Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be ?retired? by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms. I don't see how it's so obvious Charley is going to be retired. You never know if they'll request to be retired. Floyd was never retired. 529401[/snapback] Charley is the second costliest hurricane in US history...
August 28, 200422 yr Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, 529401[/snapback] That hardly seems worth the effort, storm names only cycle every 7 years anyway. I do believe retired storms are plain and simply retired.
August 28, 200422 yr Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, 529401[/snapback] That hardly seems worth the effort, storm names only cycle every 7 years anyway. I do believe retired storms are plain and simply retired. 529414[/snapback] They are.
August 28, 200422 yr Author Turns out Tampa Radar was taken out and the backup didn't get Charley completely for official record. Only the local TV stations got an accurate look at the tornadic activity.
August 28, 200422 yr Turns out Tampa Radar was taken out and the backup didn't get Charley completely for official record. Only the local TV stations got an accurate look at the tornadic activity. 529434[/snapback] Sounds like the NHC's radar in Andrew.
August 28, 200422 yr Author Well, Charley didn't take it out. It broke down 2 weeks before the storm.
August 28, 200422 yr Author WTVT (FOX 13 Tampa Bay) had the best look out of any TV station at the storm with their SkyTower radar. WINK's SuperDoppler had some trouble as did NBC2/ABC7's First Alert Doppler.
August 28, 200422 yr Well, Charley didn't take it out. It broke down 2 weeks before the storm. 529440[/snapback] LOL they couldn't fix it in two weeks?
August 28, 200422 yr Author Sorry, here is the correction of my mistake. Tampa radar failed just before Charley hit Florida The Associated Press Posted on: Friday, August 27, 2004 WASHINGTON ? Documents show that a key weather radar in the Tampa Bay area had mechanical problems and went down the day before Hurricane Charley hit the southwest coast. The radar was restored 14 hours before the hurricane hit Florida. Although backup radars still would have tracked the hurricane as it made landfall in the Punta Gorda area August 13th, experts say they might not have detected any local tornadoes generated by the storm system. The Associated Press learned of the close call with the radar outage when the news service obtained an internal "Bi-Monthly Activity Report" of the National Weather Service. Twenty-six U.S. deaths have been attributed to the storm, which suddenly made a sharp right turn into Florida's west coast, about 70 miles south of the originally projected bull's-eye.
August 28, 200422 yr Charley is the second costliest hurricane in US history... Hopefully, it stays that way for a long, long time. (Frances :unsure : )
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