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	Hurricane Fran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Fran was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall near Cape Fear in North Carolina at Category 3 strength.
		Fran continued strengthening as it followed the path of Edouard, and reached hurricane strength on August 29 before weakening back to a tropical storm on the 30th.
		Fran moved quickly to the west-northwest, and passed north of the Bahamas as it reached Category 3 strength on September 4.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Fran (1118 words)

	1996 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Fran caused an estimated $3.2 billion in damage, primarily in North Carolina.
		Hurricane Hortense caused large amounts of flood damage to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic before heading north and grazing Nova Scotia.
		Fran tracked north of the Antilles, and on September 4 was northeast of the Bahamas and moving north-northwest as a Category 3 hurricane.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_Atlantic_hurricane_season (1845 words)

	Fran Preliminary Report
		Hurricane Fran formed from a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on 22 August.
		Fran strengthened to a category three hurricane by the time it was northeast of the central Bahamas on 4 September.
		However, the core of the hurricane weakened somewhat on radar presentations, and a closed eyewall was not reported by aircraft during the two hours prior to the center moving onshore.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/prelim/Fran96_prelim.html (1632 words)

	Hurricane Fran
		Hurricane Fran is the strongest hurricane to make a direct hit on North Carolina since Hazel in 1954.
		The radius of hurricane force winds in Fran was immense: Air Force Hurricane Hunters measured hurricane force winds 150 miles away from the eye.
		Hurricane Fran is the third most costly Hurricane in American history with damage at $3.2 billion dollars.
	www.geocities.com /hurricanene/hurricanefran.htm (908 words)

	Hurricane Fran
		Hurricane Fran was forecast to be near the North Carolina coast on the afternoon of 5 September and was a candidate for the electrification experiment.
		The LF radar showed that Fran had the remnants of a dissipating inner eyewall, surrounded by the main eyewall which was open on the south side.
		Before the mission, Fran appeared to be the ideal candidate for the second landfalling hurricane electrification experiment (the first was flown in Opal of 1995).
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/96mission/Fran2.html (761 words)

	CHC - Storms of 1996
		It was an early-season Cape Verde Hurricane that moved across the islands of the northeastern Caribbean Sea as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale and made landfall on the North Carolina coast near Wilmington as a Category 2 hurricane.
		Fran was a Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed from a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa on August 22 and into a tropical depression just southeast of the islands on August 23.
		Fran moved across the Atlantic during the peak of the hurricane season.
	www.ns.ec.gc.ca /weather/hurricane/storm96.html (1055 words)

	CNN - Fearing a repeat of Hugo, Southeast braces for Hurricane Fran - Sept. 4, 1996
		Fran is about the same size as Hurricane Hugo, the 1989 storm that killed 60 and caused $5 billion in damage.
		"Fran is a large and brutal storm, and she is not to be trifled with in any shape, way, fashion or form," said Gov.
		Although the storm is expected to strike hundreds of miles to the north, Fran is powerful enough to compel NASA to move its space shuttle Atlantis from its seaside launch pad back to the safety of its giant hanger.
	www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9609/04/fran.pm (576 words)

	Hurricane Fran could become killer storm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MIAMI -- Hurricane Fran roared along at 115 mph Tuesday night and its winds were expected to get even stronger as it aimed to make landfall somewhere in Georgia or South Carolina Thursday night.
		Fran was forecast to strengthen further into a deadly category 4 hurricane several hours before reaching land late Thursday, Free said.
		A hurricane warning was issued for the northwestern Bahamas late Tuesday, and a hurricane watch was issued for the U.S. coast from Sebastian Inlet, in central Florida, north to South Carolina's Little River Inlet.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/hurricane/96/96/09/03/fran11pm.html (497 words)

	A stronger Hurricane Fran eyes southeastern U.S. coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MIAMI -- Hurricane Fran roared along at 115 mph Tuesday night and its winds were expected to get even stronger as it aimed to make landfall along the southeastern U.S. coast late Thursday.
		Fran's winds jumped quickly from 85 mph early Tuesday to 115 mph, making it a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, capable of causing extensive damage.
		Hurricane Bertha, which killed nine, came ashore in North Carolina in July with sustained winds of just 75 mph, causing millions of dollars in damage.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/hurricane/96/96/09/03/fran9pm.html (453 words)

	Structure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hurricane Andrew (1992), the most devastating hurricane of this century, was a relatively small hurricane.
		This means that the wind direction at your location depends on where the hurricane's eye is. A boat on the northern edge of the orange area in Hurricane Fran (right) would experience winds from the east, while a boat on the southern edge would have westerly winds.
		As a general rule of thumb, the hurricane's right side (relative to the direction it is travelling) is the most dangerous part of the storm because of the additive effect of the hurricane wind speed and speed of the larger atmospheric flow (the steering winds).
	hurricanes.noaa.gov /prepare/structure.htm (933 words)

	Hurricane Fran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Way out in the Atlantic ocean, deep in the tropics, Hurricane Fran was born.
		She was known as the little sister to Hurricane Edouard who had just flirted with the eastern seaboard.
		Hurricane Fran came through North Carolina with a fury.
	www.mindspring.com /~jeffpo/fran.htm (1562 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: WeatherPost -- Thousands Flee as Fran Batters Carolinas
		Hurricane Fran slammed into southern North Carolina Thursday night, snapping off treetops with 115 mph winds, bringing on flooding rains and forcing more than half a million coastal residents and tourists to scurry inland.
		Fran was forecast to spin off tornadoes as it moved north toward Raleigh and into Virginia.
		Hurricane warnings stretched from Cape Fear to the Virginia border, and a tropical storm warning extended northward to Chincoteague, Va., including the lower Chesapeake Bay.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/weather/hurricane/poststories/fran.htm (1139 words)

	Hurricane Fran
		The Hurricane made landfall near Cape Fear, and the eye of the hurricane moved directly over the coastal city of Wilmington and continued on to Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.
		Hurricane Fran thrashed North Carolina for 11 hours, as wind speeds at the coast clocked at 115 miles per hour, and 79 miles per hour at Raleigh.
		Fran was one of the worst hurricanes to hit the state in decades.
	dept.kent.edu /geography/Dymon/fran.htm (192 words)

	Hurricane Fran misses Florida, heads to S.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fran was classified Tuesday night as a Category 3 hurricane, with wind gusts of up to 115 mph near the eye of the hurricane, said Colin McAdie, meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center.
		Fran is comparable in size to Hurricane Hugo, which in 1989 slammed into the South Carolina coast and caused $7 billion in damages, McAdie said.
		A hurricane warning extended north to Cape Lookout, N.C. That means tropical storm and hurricane-like conditions are possible in these areas within the next 24 hours, with tropical storm winds starting at 39 mph and hurricane winds starting at 74 mph.
	www.alligator.org /edit/issues/96-fall/960905/b06cane.htm (356 words)

	TPC NHC FRAN 1996 PRELIMINARY REPORT
		Fran was a Cape Verde hurricane that moved across the Atlantic during the peak of the hurricane season.
		It made landfall on the North Carolina coast as a category three hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale, resulting in significant storm surge flooding on the North Carolina coast, widespread wind damage over North Carolina and Virginia, and extensive flooding from the Carolinas to Pennsylvania.
		Hurricane warnings were posted for the hardest hit portions of the North Carolina coast about 27 hours prior to landfall.
	www.nhc.noaa.gov /1996fran.html (2380 words)

	GCM November 1996 - Hurricane Fran
		Officials estimate at least 22 people were killed in the hurricane, which became a tropical storm as it moved up into Virginia, causing extreme flooding and more damage as its winds still gusted up to 73 mph.
		With Fran, a lot of the old growth suffered damage, and we lost live oaks, native cedars and cabbage palms.
		Downing says the hurricane came at a bad time for his course, as they were in the middle of overseeding, but he says he feels lucky.
	www.gcsaa.org /gcm/1996/nov96/frangcm.html (2933 words)

	Quick Response Report #101 - Repeat Response to Hurricane Evacuation Orders
		Hurricane Hugo (1989) remains a vivid memory in the minds of residents of South Carolina.
		Hurricane Bertha made landfall at Wrightsville Beach, NC as a Category 1 hurricane on July 12, 1996 at 4:45 p.m.
		Fran's maximum sustained winds were 115 mph with a reported storm surge of 12-15 feet.
	www.colorado.edu /hazards/qr/qr101.html (3324 words)

	Hurricane Fran (1996) Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hurricane force wind gusts were felt up to 230 km inland causing significant damage outside the immediate coastal area.
		Total U.S. damage estimates of $3.2 billion rank Fran as the third costliest hurricane to strike the U.S. Evacuation totals of the coastal residents and tourists reached close to a half-million.
		As a category 3 hurricane, Fran had a large impact on the turbidity of the coastal waters as seen in the after image.
	www.csc.noaa.gov /crs/cohab/hurricane/fran/fran.htm (312 words)

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		Fran threatened the Lesser Antilles on Aug. 29-30, as a weak hurricane.
		Before landfall, Hurricane Fran was about as large as Hurricane Hugo, with sustained hurricane force winds over 75 mph extending out as much as 140 miles from its center.
		Hurricane Fran's thrashing of North Carolina only aggravated the state's problems caused by numerous weather disasters in 1996.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/wfran.htm (609 words)

	Carolina Area Storm Investigators: Hurricane Fran, Sept. 4-8, 1996
		It was the second hurricane of the season to hit Southeast North Carolina, after Bertha in July.
		Charlotteans and residents of the Western Piedmont and Northern Foothills recalled the severity of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, which caused extensive damage as far inland as Virginia as it cut a path through the heart of Carolina.
		Fran Update: Feb. 1997: The Devestation Lingers On Over five months later, the debris is still being cleaned up in Raleigh, NC
	www.weathermatrix.net /fran (458 words)

	Fran: Before Landfall (IR)
		Fran was a major East Coast hurricane that caused about $1.6 billion dollars worth of damage to the Mid-Atlantic region.
		Because the damage from a hurricane can be so costly, weather forecasters try to predict as accurately as possible the path of a storm.
		Hurricane Fran is under the influence of tropical winds and moving west
	www.comet.ucar.edu /nsflab/web/explore/f1ir.htm (142 words)

	Hurricane Fran: September 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hurricane Fran paid us a visit on a Thursday evening, September 5, 1996.
		Most hurricanes, when they hit the North Carolina coast tend to follow the coastline northward until they fizzle out.
		That was what most of the local news stations were predicting during the 10:00 PM news report.
	home.nc.rr.com /jhibbard/fran.htm (210 words)

	CNN - Hurricane Fran cuts tourism dollars - Sept. 17, 1996
		The beaches that were hard hit by Hurricane Fran are practically deserted.
		Bertha's economic punch was nearly as powerful as Fran's, causing at least $200 million in lost tourism revenue.
		Fran's aftermath: Fear of flooding and heavy rains - September 7, 1996
	www.cnn.com /US/9609/17/fran.tourism (404 words)

	Aftermath of Hurricane Fran in North Carolina--Preliminary data on Flooding and Water Quality
		Floods resulting from Hurricane Fran, which passed through North Carolina on September 5-6, 1996, were some of the most severe and widespread in the State in recent memory.
		The Hurricane Fran peak flow in the Flat River at Bahama (site 7) was almost twice as large as the previous peak of record, which was established in 1938.
		As Hurricane Fran passed, on September 5, salinity sharply increased indicating the effects of the storm surge followed by a sharp decrease from the influx of freshwater runoff from the Neuse River.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/1996/of96-499 (2492 words)

	HURRICANE FRAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Late in the evening of September 5, 1996, Hurricane Fran became the first hurricane since Hurricane Hazel in 1954 to strike the heart of North Carolina.
		Fran made landfall near Fort Fisher, NC, and one of the first towns to feel her 115 mph wind was Kure Beach, where the damage was extreme.
		The hurricane then moved directly inland, the eye passing through Durham, some 175 miles from the storm's landfall, and at that time her winds were still blowing at 75 mph; the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, the "Heart of Carolina," all took severe damage from wind and flooding.
	www.mindspring.com /~coatl/pages/fran.htm (544 words)

	Hurricane Fran
		Hurricane Fran slammed into North Carolina's southern coast on September 5th, 1996 with sustained winds of approximately 115 MPH, and gusts as high as 125 MPH.
		Fran produced rainfall amounts of over 10 inches in parts of eastern North Carolina and western Virginia.
		According to Associated Press reports, Hurricane Fran was responsible for 37 deaths.
	www4.ncsu.edu /~nwsfo/storage/cases/19960906 (569 words)

	Surface-based Wind and Pressure Fields in Hurricane Fran over North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Introduction - Hurricane Fran made landfall near Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina around 0030 UTC on September 6, 1996.
		Fran became the first Saffir-Simpson scale Category 3 hurricane to directly hit the state since Hurricane Donna in 1960 (Barnes, 1995).
		Depicted in red are cities which had power outages during Fran since they were evident on the night before but not the night after Fran.
	www2.ncsu.edu:8010 /eos/service/pams/meas/sco/research/nws/cases/19960906/study (822 words)

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