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	Hurricane Charley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charley lasted from August 9 to August 14, peaking as a 150 mph (240 km/h) Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
		The hurricane continued to strengthen as it turned to the northwest, and hit southern Cuba near Playa del Cajio as a 120 mph (190 km/h) major hurricane on the 13th.
		Charley produced one tornado in Chesapeake and one in Virginia Beach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Charley (3322 words)

	NCDC: Climate of 2004: Atlantic Hurricane Season Summary
		Of additional interest was the development, in March, of a hurricane in the South Atlantic, the only documented hurricane in that basin to impact land, and the first hurricane in the South Atlantic to be recorded in the satellite era.
		Hurricane Frances was at category four strength (140 mph, 122 kts) as it moved towards the southeastern Bahamas, passing over the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 1st.
		Charley maintained hurricane strength as it moved across the Florida Peninsula though windspeeds dropped to approximately 86 mph (75 kts, category one) as it reached the east coast of the state and re-emerged over Atlantic waters.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2004/hurricanes04.html (3852 words)

	Hurricane Charley
		Charley was upgraded to a category four hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 MPH at 200 PM on Friday.
		The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 70 MPH at 200 PM.
		Hurricane Charley's was track was erratic and meandering on Saturday July 31 and Sunday August 1, 2004 as the tropical cyclone was in its development and organizational phase.
	www2.ncsu.edu /eos/service/pams/meas/sco/research/nws/cases/20040814 (630 words)

	Hurricane Charley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		at 1155 pm...the circulation center of hurricane charley was 5 miles northeast of daytona beach over the atlantic...and will continue to move northeast and away from the coast at 25 mph.
		at 1105 pm...the circulation center of hurricane charley was nearing the coast near daytona beach...and continues to move northeast at 25 mph.
		The eye of Charley was near the University of Central Florida at 9:40 p.m.
	www.floridatoday.com /blogs/charley (2038 words)

	Hurricane Charley
		I am trying to contemplate what this scene was going to be like in about 8 hours when the heart of hurricane Charley was forecasted to come roaring ashore here with winds up to 115mph and bringing with it a surge wave estimated to be 20 feet high.
		Charley had shifted course, was now a level 4 hurricane with winds up to 145mph and was expected to come ashore at Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda.
		If Charley had come ashore here as predicted when we left as a level 4 hurricane with winds of 150mph instead of the 115mph I was expecting who knows what would happen.
	www.homestead.com /whs55/files/hurricane_charley.htm (1878 words)

	Hurricane Charley - August 2004
		Hurricane Charley made landfall on the west coast of Florida on the morning of August 13, 2004.
		There are two distinct bands of precipitation evident: the first was caused by Charley and spreads from the southwest coast to the northeast coast, and the second was caused by a frontal system that was dominating the weather in the northwest part of the state.
		As Charley approached the southwest coast of Florida on the morning of August 13, areas in the eastern panhandle of Florida were being hit with heavy rain from this completely independent weather system.
	www.onerain.com /resources/storm_analysis/hurricane_charley_2004.htm (706 words)

	Hurricane Charley--Strongest Storm To Hit Florida Since Andrew
		However, it was the devastation caused by Hurricane Charley that made it a more pronounced mark, but also a deep scar to those who managed to survive the catastrophe.
		Hurricane Charley had been a modest storm system in the Western Atlantic, and really didn't become a serious threat until it reached the coast of Western Cuba with winds of 105 mph.
		Ironically, it was in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew that state officials in Florida as well as Dade County officials, and residents of South Florida grew restless and angry by virtue of the lack of assistance from the Federal Government under the first President George Bush.
	www.hurricaneville.com /charley.html (1282 words)

	Hurricane Charley - A Hurricane Chaser's Story
		Hurricane Charley was by-far the most destructive storm of that season, and will long be remembered even though the name "Charley" itself has been permanently retired from the Atlantic basin tropical cyclone names.
		Hurricane Charley was nothing more than a tropical disturbance that came off Africa and moved across the Atlantic into the central Caribbean Sea by August 11.
		At least we have Charley to chase tomorrow!" This was to their excitement, as Charley, a tropical storm at the time south of Cuba, was forecasted to move northward towards the Florida West Coast, and when in a hurricane chaser's life would two tropical cyclones be of interest in only a single day's time span.
	www.sky-chaser.com /charley_story.htm (4122 words)

	NOAA News Online (Story 2293)
		Charley is moving toward the north-northeast near 22 mph, and a gradual increase in forward speed is expected Friday night and Saturday.
		However, hurricane force winds are expected to spread across Florida near the path of the center of the hurricane.
		A hurricane warning remains in effect from East Cape Sable northward to the Suwannee River on the Florida west coast and from Cocoa Beach, Fla., to Cape Lookout, N.C., on the southeast U.S. coast.
	www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories2004/s2293.htm (687 words)

	SPACE.com -- Dangerous Hurricane Charley Poised to Pound Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A 3D visualization of Hurricane Charley, based on satellite data, as of mid-afternoon on Aug. 12.
		Charley is now a major hurricane with winds estimated at 233 kph (145 mph) at its core, said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
		The hurricane was arriving in Florida a day after Tropical Storm Bonnie came ashore in the western part of Florida and quickly moved north.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/hurricane_charley_a_040813.html (1001 words)

	Hurricane Charley (1986) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Charley, the third tropical storm and second hurricane of the 1986 Atlantic hurricane season, was a weak hurricane that brought extensive damage to Ireland and Great Britain after becoming extratropical.
		Hurricane warnings were posted for much of the East Coast of the United States, and on the night of the 17th Charley crossed over the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
		The name Charley was not retired after 1986; it would be used again for weak storms in 1992 and 1998, however, the name was retired after a destructive Hurricane Charley in 2004 and replaced by Colin for the 2010 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Charley_(1986) (601 words)

	CNN.com - Mighty Charley loses steam - Aug 13, 2004
		Charley was expected to cross Florida's Atlantic coast as a minimal hurricane before continuing northward.
		Hurricane Charley's winds were 145 mph (233 kph), with higher gusts when it made landfall.
		Charley lashed Jamaica with wind and rain as it sped by south of the island Wednesday.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WEATHER/08/13/storms/index.html (1093 words)

	Hurricane Charley
		Hurricane Charley hits Lake Aurora around 7:00 pm on August 13th only to be followed by Hurricane Frances September 4-5th and then hit again by Jeanne on September 25th around midnight.
		During "Charley" we were hosting a group of 37 Hispanic ladies from Miami during the storm.
		Four days after the hurricane, we had one "old fashioned" phone hooked up to one phone jack as our phone system was completely "fried".
	www.lakeaurora.org /hurricane.htm (956 words)

	1. Cataclysmic cyclones
		Hurricane Charley put this veteran of the '50s in a ditch in Cuba, then stacked some decorations on top.
		Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, a blistering category 5 storm, have all been fast, dangerous and expensive.
		Hurricanes are powered by heat in tropical oceans, and they start to weaken upon reaching land.
	whyfiles.org /073hurricane (417 words)

	USATODAY.com - Storm's course, force catch many Floridians unprepared (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Charley, the Friday the 13th hurricane, played a cruel trick on 6 million Florida residents such as Kradecki who found themselves unexpectedly in the path of its 145 miles-per-hour winds.
		Hurricanes were something that happened to the tonier locales of Miami, the Florida Keys and Naples.
		For 24 hours before Charley struck land Friday, the National Hurricane Center had been forecasting an 87-mile-wide zone of potential impact from Charley, a path it calls a "cone of uncertainty." That warning included most of the Gulf Coast from the southern tip to north of Tampa.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2004-08-15-charley-surprise_x.htm (1772 words)

	Category 4 Hurricane Charley
		We had the TV on and saw Hurricane Charley had crossed the island of Cuba and was looking better than we had seen in the previous few days.
		Charley was forecast to move to the north and into the eastern Gulf Of Mexico and make landfall somewhere near Tampa.
		By 2pm, Charley's pressure had fallen from 964mb to 954mb the eye that was some 10-15 miles wide in diameter had shrunk to an estimated 5 miles in diameter and the winds were now at 145mph.
	www.vastormphoto.com /charley2004pg2.htm (2533 words)

	Hurricane Charley
		EDT, the National Hurricane Center indicated that Charley was located 350 miles (560 km) to the south-southeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with sustained winds of 45 mph.
		Hurricane Charley approaches the western Florida coast with winds near 110 mph and higher gusts.
		EDT, the National Hurricane Center reported winds estimated to 145 mph near the eye of the storm and movement to the north-northeast at 20 mph.
	fcit.usf.edu /florida/maps/hurrican/charley/charley.htm (287 words)

	HURRICANE CHARLEY Strikes FLORIDA August, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The tragedy about Hurricane Charley is that this Catagory 4 hurricane slammed into Charlotte County, Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte took the first direct hit on the West coast of Florida.
		Over 425 Dead from Hurricane Charley From ZION's CRY Field Reporter in south Florida reports, Last contact I had was 425 and MUCH higher, the count she put her own eyes on.
		Hurricane Andrew was clocked at 164 mph at the plant.
	www.revlu.com /charley.html (3596 words)

	Hurricane Charley's sharp turn baffles scientists - 16 August 2004 - New Scientist
		The 258 km/hour hurricane that flattened the US town on Friday afternoon, killing at least 20 people and injuring many others, was predicted to hit land 70 miles further north, but changed direction within minutes of the coast.
		Charley was classified as a Category 4 hurricane, the worst to hit the States since hurricane Andrew, which also hit Florida in 1992.
		Most hurricanes form over tropical waters of at least 27°C, between the west coast of Africa and the Caribbean, in the Caribbean Sea or in the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6285 (492 words)

	FDEP - Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems - Hurricane Charley
		Hurricane Charley made landfall at Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of Cape Coral, as a Category 4 storm at approximately 3:45 PM EDT on Friday, 13 August 2004, with winds estimated at 145 mph.
		Charley took approximately nine hours to traverse the Florida peninsula.
		It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
	www.dep.state.fl.us /beaches/charley.htm (373 words)

	State Emergency Operations Center - Hurricane Charley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Latest Hurricane Charley Briefing Information 08/20/04 8:15 AM Documents on this website are Adobe Acrobat files, and require the free Reader Software.
		Hurricane Charley made landfall at Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of Cape Coral, as a Category 4 storm at approximately 3:45 PM EDT on Friday, 13 August 2004.
		Charley was racing toward the north-northeast at 25 mph.
	www.floridadisaster.org /eoc/Charley04.asp (687 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Hurricane batters Florida coast
		Hurricane Charley has slammed into the coast of Florida, ripping up trees and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
		Packing winds up to 145mph (230km/h), Charley hit land south of Tampa and threatened to swamp the low-lying area with a 15-foot (4.6m) tidal surge.
		Charley reached landfall at 1550 (1950 GMT) just south-west of Fort Myers, and about 160 miles (257km) south-east of the Tampa Bay area, the most populous region on Florida's west coast.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3562948.stm (457 words)

	Hurricane Charley
		Hurricane Charley hit central Florida with a vengeance on Friday evening, August 13th, 2004.
		Hurricane Food: See Kimiye's Hurricane Cuisine: Shrimp Pasta on the Grill for a glimpse of what creative Floridians are eating these days when they don't have power, refrigeration, hot water, or TV!
		Toast Charley with the rest of the wine and give thanks that the roof is still water tight and we're all okay.
	www.leonkonieczny.com /weatherHurricaneCharley.htm (840 words)

	NASA - NASA Sees Hurricane Charley Slice a Florida Island
		Hurricane Charley came ashore on the southwest coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, and changed the look of North Captiva Island.
		Charley was rapidly gaining strength and reached Category 4 status by 2 p.m.
		Maximum sustained winds were at 145 mph, and Charley was moving towards the north-northeast at 20 miles per hour.
	www.nasa.gov /vision/earth/lookingatearth/charley_captiva.html (516 words)

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