Hurricane Jeanne

Post Landfall 1 | Summary
Posting Date: September 26, 2004, 1:00:00 PM

After a circuitous but deadly route through the Caribbean, Jeanne finally made landfall near Stuart, Florida at 11:50 p.m. Saturday as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Hurricane Jeanne’s landfall point and track across Florida was very similar to that of Hurricane Frances which damaged a large swath of the state almost three weeks ago. While a more intense hurricane, Jeanne was not as large or as slow moving as Frances. Given the wind speeds at landfall there will likely be some structural damage, especially to residential buildings and mobile homes. Damage to roofs is likely to be extensive. In addition, commercial structures are likely to have suffered roof, cladding and window damage. Damage to automobiles from flooding can also be expected. Jeanne was downgraded to tropical storm status early this afternoon and as of 5:00 p.m. the system is located about 35 miles southeast of Cedar Key, Florida. The storm is currently moving to the northwest at 12 mph and a gradual turn to the north is expected during the next 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds are now 65 mph and continued weakening is expected as Jeanne moves into northern Florida and then into Georgia. The AIR tropical cyclone team has run scenarios using information about Jeanne’s meteorological parameters and actual track across Florida, as well as its forecast track as the storm travels northward. Five scenarios are now posted on the scenarios page of this website, where clients can view wind speed and loss maps. In addition, full event sets are available for download. Please note that the losses provided in this posting are for the U.S. only. AIR will dispatch a survey team to areas affected by Hurricane Jeanne early in the week.

Post Landfall 1 | Downloads
Posting Date: September 26, 2004, 1:00:00 PM