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Hurricane Doria
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Hurricane Doria on September 17
FormedSeptember 8, 1967 (1967-09-08)
DissipatedSeptember 21, 1967 (1967-09-22)
Highest winds1-minute sustained: 85 mph (140 km/h)
Lowest pressure973 mbar (hPa); 28.73 inHg
Fatalities3
Areas affectedEast Coast of the United States
Part of the 1967 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Doria was an unusual and erratic hurricane that existed during September 1967. The fourth named storm and hurricane of the 1967 Atlantic hurricane season, Doria developed on September 8 off the east coast of Florida. It meandered until attaining tropical storm status, at which point the storm accelerated towards the northeast. On September 10, Doria intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. After moving out to sea, the storm turned westward towards the United States. A compact cyclone, Doria weakened to a tropical storm shortly before moving ashore in the Mid-Atlantic States. The storm ultimately dissipated on September 21.

The storm, which ultimately made landfall near the Virginia–North Carolina border, produced high winds along the coast from New Jersey through North Carolina, and overall damage was minor. However, a small boat sank off the coast of New Jersey, killing three of its occupants.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

The origins of Hurricane Doria are traced back to an area of disturbed weather off the northeastern coast of Florida on September 4. For several days, the low pressure system meandered as its central barometric pressure gradually fell.[1] The storm is estimated to have organized into a tropical depression at 0000 UTC on September 8.[2] At the time, it was situated north of Grand Bahama Island. Drifting westward, the cyclone attained tropical storm intensity early the next day.[1] Doria turned northeastward and accelerated as it moved away from Florida. On September 10, the tropical storm achieved hurricane force.[2] Cold air became entrained into the hurricane's circulation by September 11, causing it to weaken to a tropical storm. However, its forward motion slowed and it once again strengthened.[1]

The hurricane moved eastward, seemingly out to sea. However, an area of high pressure over New England began to steer Doria westward on September 13.[3] The hurricane continued to strengthen, and it is estimated to have peaked with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum air pressure of 973 mbar (hPa; 28.73 inHg). It maintained these winds for approximately 18 hours, before weakening slightly late on September 14.[2] In his 2007 book "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States", Rick Schwartz compared Doria to the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane, citing similar intensities, tracks, and forward speeds.[3] On September 16, the storm weakened to a tropical storm in a colder, drier environment. As it turned southward, Doria quickly weakened.[1] Initial forecasts suggested the possibility for the storm to maintain its severity and move ashore between Maryland and New Jersey.[3]

Continually deteriorating, Doria made landfall near the Virginia–North Carolina border, and moved south over land. It reemerged over open waters on September 17, and at around the same time, it weakened to a tropical depression. It curved southeastward as a weak depression, and several days later it was still identifiable as a storm system south of the island of Bermuda.[1] It dissipated on September 21.[2] Doria had an unusual and capricious track, described as "one of the most erratic storms ever observed".[1]

Impact

In advance of the storm, hurricane warnings were issued for much of the East Coast. For 19 hours, about 260 mi (420 km) of shoreline was under an advisory.[4] At least 400 people were evacuated from their homes in southern New Jersey and 6,600 from Ocean City, Maryland.[5] Doria was a small storm,[3] although it caused high winds in some locations and moderate coastal flooding.[6] Atlantic City, New Jersey, recorded a peak gust of 39 mph (63 km/h), with rainfall amounting to 0.53 in (13 mm). The storm's effects spread throughout the Delmarva Peninsula and into Virginia.[1] At Ocean City, Maryland, a boardwalk sustained storm-related damage.[4]

Wallops Island, Virginia, experienced wind gusts to 60 mph (97 km/h). Cape Hatteras and Wilmington, North Carolina, both received in excess of 1 in (25 mm) of precipitation. A station at the Indian River Inlet in Delaware recorded a tide 6.5 ft (2.0 m) above-normal; the highest sustained winds reported on land association with the storm, 50 mph (80 km/h), also occurred there.[1] Damage from the storm was generally light. Off the coast of Ocean City, New Jersey, a cabin cruiser sank in 25-ft (7.6 m) seas.[1][4] Three of the vessel's occupants, a mother and her two sons, drowned.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Hurricane Season of 1967" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. 96 (04). American Meteorological Society: 242–259. Retrieved February 18, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Atlantic hurricane research division (2009). "Easy to Read HURDAT 2008". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d Rick Schwartz (2007). Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States. Blue Diamond Books. p. 232. ISBN 0978628004.
  4. ^ a b c "Hurricane Doria Preliminary Report with Advisories and Bulletins Issued" (PDF). U.S. Weather Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  5. ^ "Gulf Coast Tabbed Almost Certain Target; Fickle Doria Plays Tag With Land Area". The Herald-Tribune. September 17, 1967. Retrieved February 18, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Killer Doria Rips Into North Carolina". The Daytona Beach Morning Journal. September 17, 1967. Retrieved February 18, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "3 Killed as Storm Hits Coast of Jersey". The New York Times. September 17, 1967. Retrieved February 18, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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