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Khaled98/1999 hurricane
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	June 11, 1999
Last system dissipated	November 23, 1999
Strongest storm
Name	Floyd
• Maximum winds	160 mph (260 km/h)
• Lowest pressure	920 mbar (hPa; 27.17 inHg)
Seasonal statistics
Total storms	13
Hurricanes	8
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+)	6
Total fatalities	465
Total damage	$5.9 billion (1999 USD)
Related article
Timeline of the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1999 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1999, and lasted until November 30, 1999. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

The 1999 season ties with 1933 season and 2005 season for most Category 4 hurricanes, with five reaching that strength. Hurricane Floyd was the deadliest United States hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972, killing 57 people and causing billions in damage as it moved northward along the Atlantic coast. Hurricane Lenny killed 17 as it tracked eastward across the Caribbean, the first hurricane known to do so for an extended time. Lenny, reaching peak winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) just 13 days before the end of the season, was the second strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in the month of November. The deadliest storm of the season by far, however, was a weak tropical depression in October that caused devastating floods in Mexico.

Storms

Tropical Storm Arlene

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 11 – June 18
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min); 1006 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression Two

Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Duration	July 2 – July 3
Peak intensity	35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min); 1004 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Bret

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 18 – August 25
Peak intensity	145 mph (230 km/h) (1-min); 944 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Cindy

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 19 – August 31
Peak intensity	140 mph (220 km/h) (1-min); 942 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Dennis

Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 24 – September 7
Peak intensity	110 mph (175 km/h) (1-min); 962 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Emily

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 24 – August 28
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min); 1004 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression Seven

Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Duration	September 5 – September 7
Peak intensity	35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min); 1006 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Floyd

Category 5 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	September 7 – September 17
Peak intensity	160 mph (260 km/h) (1-min); 920 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Gert

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	September 11 – September 23
Peak intensity	155 mph (250 km/h) (1-min); 928 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Harvey

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 19 – September 22
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min); 995 mbar (hPa)

Unnamed Tropical Storm

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	October 4 – October 6
Peak intensity	40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min); 1002 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression Twelve

Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Duration	October 6 – October 8
Peak intensity	35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min); 1007 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Irene

Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	October 12 – October 19
Peak intensity	115 mph (185 km/h) (1-min); 957 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Jose

Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	October 17 – October 25
Peak intensity	100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min); 979 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Katrina

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	October 28 – November 1
Peak intensity	45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min); 999 mbar (hPa)

Hurricane Lenny

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	November 13 – November 23
Peak intensity	155 mph (250 km/h) (1-min); 931 mbar (hPa)

Storm names

The following names were used for named storms that formed in the north Atlantic in 1999. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2005 season. It is the same list used for the 1993 season. A storm was named Lenny for the first (and only) time in 1999. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.

Arlene Bret Cindy Dennis Emily Floyd Gert

Harvey Irene Jose Katrina Lenny Maria (unused) Nate (unused)

Ophelia (unused) Philippe (unused) Rita (unused) Stan (unused) Tammy (unused) Vince (unused) Wilma (unused)

Retirement

See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricane names

The World Meteorological Organization retired two names in the spring of 2000: Floyd and Lenny. They were replaced in the 2005 season by Franklin and Lee.

Season effects

This is a table of the storms in 1999 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.

Saffir–Simpson scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

1999 North Atlantic tropical cyclone season statistics

Storm name	Dates active	Storm category at peak intensity	Max 1-min wind mph (km/h)	Min. press. (mbar)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Ref(s)
Arlene	June 11 – 18	Tropical storm	60 (95)	1006	Bermuda	Minimal	None
Two	July 2 – 3	Tropical depression	35 (55)	1004	Mexico	Unknown	None
Bret	August 18 – 25	Category 4 hurricane	145 (230)	944	Mexico, Texas	15	1 (6)
Cindy	August 19 – 31	Category 4 hurricane	140 (220)	942	None	None	None
Dennis	August 24 – September 9	Category 2 hurricane	110 (175)	962	Southeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Quebec	157	4
Emily	August 24 – 28	Tropical storm	50 (85)	1004	None	None	None
Seven	September 5 – 7	Tropical depression	35 (55)	1006	Mexico, Texas	Unknown	None
Floyd	September 7 – 17	Category 5 hurricane	160 (260)	920	Bahamas, Southeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Atlantic Canada	6,900	57 (20–30)
Gert	September 11 – 23	Category 4 hurricane	155 (250)	928	Bermuda, Maine, Atlantic Canada	1.9	2
Harvey	September 19 – 22	Tropical storm	60 (95)	995	Southeastern United States, Atlantic Canada	22.6	None
Unnamed	October 4 – 6	Tropical storm	40 (65)	1002	Mexico	Unknown	Unknown
Twelve	October 6 – 8	Tropical depression	35 (55)	1007	None	None	None
Irene	October 12 – 19	Category 3 hurricane	115 (185)	958	Cuba, Bahamas, Southeastern United States	800	3 (15)
Jose	October 17 – 25	Category 2 hurricane	100 (155)	979	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico	5	3
Katrina	October 27 – November 1	Tropical storm	45 (75)	999	Central America, Mexico	Minor	None
Lenny	November 13 – 23	Category 4 hurricane	155 (250)	931	Colombia, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles	685.8	17
Season aggregates
16 systems	June 11 – November 23		155 (250)	921		8580	84 (39-49)