Hurricane Fabian

Landfall | Summary
Posting Date: September 6, 2003, 5:25:00 AM

As of 5 p.m. EDT, Friday, September 5, 2003, Hurricane Fabian was positioned about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Bermuda. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the northern eye wall began passing over Bermuda at 2:00 p.m. EDT, ahead of schedule. Maximum sustained winds were near 120 mph (195 kph) with higher gusts, making Fabian a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Minimum central pressure was estimated at 950 mb. Early reports of damage include many downed trees and scoured beaches. Roads are impassable and the power has been cut to 25,000 homes. There are reports of some roofs blown off and many others with damage to roofing tiles. One report speaks of a beachside restaurant that was washed into the sea. Four people are missing and presumed dead. Today’s storm is seen as a test of Bermuda’s strict building code, which requires homes to be built to withstand sustained winds of 110 mph (177 kph) and gusts of up to 150 mph (241 kph). The results will be better known as clean-up gets underway. Using the available information about the meteorological parameters and track of this storm, the AIR tropical cyclone modeling team has run dozens of scenarios that reflect the still existing uncertainty surrounding the storm’s true parameters. Five of these, along with wind speed and loss maps, are now posted on the Scenarios page of this web site. In addition, event sets are available to all clients for download.

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Posting Date: September 6, 2003, 5:25:00 AM