User:Hurricane Angel Saki/Sandbox/Hurricane Lidia (1993)
Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Formed | September 8, 1993 |
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Dissipated | September 14, 1993 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 150 mph (240 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 930 mbar (hPa); 27.46 inHg |
Fatalities | 2 direct, 1 indirect |
Damage | > $11 million (1993 USD) |
Areas affected | Windward Islands (as tropical wave), Mexico, United States |
Part of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season |
Hurricane Lidia was the strongest hurricane to form in the 1993 Pacific hurricane season. Developing from a tropical wave, Lidia reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale while off the coast of Mexico. The hurricane eventually made landfall on the state of Sinaloa, near the city of Culiacán, as a greatly weakened Category 1 hurricane. The hurricane eventually moved to the northeast while weakening, merging with a cold front on September 14, having caused two deaths in Mexico prior to merging.
During and after merging with the cold front, the storm was responsible for a tornado outbreak and various reports of small creek flooding, hail, and thunderstorms from September 13 to September 15 over a large area of land reaching as far north as Minnesota, Michigan, and South Dakota and as far southeast as Georgia. Overall, Lidia caused three deaths: two as a tropical cyclone and one while merged with the cold front, and over $11 million (1993 USD, $16 million 2007 USD) in damages, most of which occured in Cleburne, Texas, making it the second costliest hurricane of the season behind Hurricane Calvin.
Storm history
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[edit]FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
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0 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |