Hurricane Dennis (1999)

Hurricane Dennis (1999)

Hurricane Dennis was a North Atlantic hurricane that affected The Bahamas and parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast during the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth tropical cyclone, fourth tropical storm, and third hurricane of the season, Dennis originated from a tropical wave that passed north of the Leeward Islands in mid-to-late August. Moving west-northwest, the wave organized into a tropical depression on August 24. Tracking just north of Grand Turk that same day, the depression was upgrade to a tropical storm just several hours later. Positioned on the eastern end of an elongated trough, Dennis was embedded within an area of high wind shear. However, despite this, the storm strengthened into a hurricane on August 26, and then further into Category 2 hurricane status on August 28. Moving in an erractic motion off the North Carolina coastline, Dennis became entangled within a cold front that caused dry air to impact the circulation, thus weakening the storm to a tropical storm. On August 30, Dennis made landfall along the Outerbanks of North Carolina, resulting in tropical storm-force sustained winds and hurricane-force gusts in the area. Rapidly weakening, Dennis weakened into a tropical depression over the central portion of North Carolina, and was absorbed within a larger extratropical low on September 8, while located over Canada.

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