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  Hurricane Lenny
Lenny was located at 15.2 north and 73.0 west and was continuing its eastward movement at 14 mph.
Hurricane warnings remained in effect for the eastern islands of Vieques and Culebra and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Hurricane Lenny caught the attention of the Media, government officials and the general public both in Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
www.srh.noaa.gov /sju/lenny.html   (2543 words)

  
 HURRICANE LENNY - NOVEMBER, 1999
Lenny passed south of heavily populated and vulnerable Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, staying on its unusual west-to-east course.
A hurricane watch was posted for the south coast of Haiti, and the government of the Dominican Republic said it would issue a hurricane watch for the south coast of its portion of the island of Hispaniola.
Lenny, the 12th named storm of the Atlantic season, was moving toward the east at 10 mph with maximum sustained wind of 100 mph.
www.greatdreams.com /lenny.htm   (2768 words)

  
 The Passing of Hurricane Lenny
Lenny was only rated as a category one hurricane but it could have easily grown stronger.
We were on the rainiest part of the island in a narrow river valley, which is prone to flooding and landslides and a hurricane was heading our way.
Lenny had passed and was moving east toward Puerto Rico.
www.geo.mtu.edu /~hnlechne/lenny.html   (937 words)

  
 CNN - Hurricane Lenny on brink of Category 5 strength - November 17, 1999
ST.CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands (CNN) -- Hurricane Lenny grew stronger Wednesday -- with winds nearing 145 mph (230 km/h) as it swept past St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Hurricane force winds could be felt 70 miles (110 km) from the storm's center with tropical storm force winds extending out 60 miles (95 km).
A hurricane warning issued for Puerto Rico was downgraded to a tropical storm warning.
www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9911/17/lenny.04/index.html   (712 words)

  
 BBC News | Americas | Hurricane Lenny threatens Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are bracing themselves for Hurricane Lenny, which is heading for the area packing 115mph winds and torrential rain.
Dubbed "left-handed Lenny" for its unusual west-to-east motion, the hurricane was about 235 miles (380km) south-west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 2100 GMT, and heading east, according to the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami.
Lenny, the eighth hurricane of the Atlantic storm season, is heading east at around 17mph (28kph).
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/523905.stm   (503 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Major storms, U.S. hurricanes rare in November   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When Hurricane Michelle became a major hurricane with winds of 135 mph on Nov. 3, 2001, it was the first major Atlantic Basin hurricane in November since Hurricane Lenny in 1999 and only the sixth major hurricane in any November since 1900.
Hurricane Greta in 1956 didn't become a hurricane until after passing over islands around the Caribbean and stayed over the open Atlantic when it was a hurricane.
Hurricane number 6 in 1912 was a Category 3 and 4 storm in the central Caribbean Sea and hit Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, weakened to a Category 2 before hitting the Cayman Islands and then a Category 1 before crossing Cuba and the Bahamas.
www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/whnovmajor.htm   (687 words)

  
 CNN - Hurricane Lenny kills 3 during Caribbean sweep - November 17, 1999
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- The edges of powerful Hurricane Lenny flooded parts of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and caused three deaths on Wednesday as it blew across the northeastern Caribbean with 150 mph (241 km/h) winds.
Lenny was moving northeast at 9 mph (15 km/h).
The hurricane warning for mainland Puerto Rico was downgraded to a tropical storm warning.
www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9911/17/lenny.03/index.html   (524 words)

  
 Hurricane Lenny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hurricane Lenny was the 12th tropical storm, eighth hurricane, and fifth major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season.
Lenny was the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in November, and quite unusual in that it moved west-to-east across the Caribbean.
Lenny was also the fifth Category 4 hurricane of the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season, breaking the record for the number of storms of that strength in one season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Lenny   (1066 words)

  
 Hurricane Preparedness Reports Insurance Information
Lenny was the first hurricane to strike the islands of the Lesser Antilles from the west.
Hurricanes are one disaster in which it is possible to have several days warning prior to the hurricanes arrival.
As the arrival of the hurricane can be to some extent predicted, it is important to begin preparations for the hurricane as soon as we have information that it may land in a location near us.
www.disastercenter.com /hurrican.htm   (1962 words)

  
 Hurricane Lenny causes US$25M in damages
Hurricane Lenny brought a shock to many in the Caribbean islands at the close of the traditional hurricane season in this hemisphere.
Lenny struck very late in the six-month Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ended on November 30.
It was the fifth major hurricane of the season and the eighth hurricane overall.
www.angelfire.com /journal/executivetime/lenny.htm   (634 words)

  
 St. Croix US Virgin Islands - boat trip - Hurricane Lenny
He said that he wanted to do it that day, as Hurricane Lenny was heading our way and other people would start pulling their boats out for the hurricane.
We closed all the hurricane shutters, except for the ones covering the 16 foot glass door opening between the living room and the front porch.
It was around noon and they were predicting category 4 hurricane to reach us between 2 and 4 o'clock, and move out of the area by evening.
www.venture.to /carib/hurricanelenny.html   (1769 words)

  
 Hurricane Lenny index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Lenny was only the fifth major hurricane in November since 1900, and one of the strongest storms so late in the season.
Lenny killed at least nine people and caused millions of dollars in damage on its course past 16 Caribbean islands, dealing a blow to a region normally preparing for its crucial winter tourism season.
Lenny's winds, rain, flooding and storm surges also were blamed for one death in Puerto Rico, two in Colombia and one in Martinique and another in Guadeloupe.
www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/1999/atlantic/wlenny.htm   (549 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | Hurricane Lenny abates
At least seven people are reported to have been killed by a hurricane which has been pounding the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean with strong winds and heavy rain.
Most sea defences in the area are built to protect against storms moving from east to west, but Hurricane Lenny swept through the Caribbean in the opposite direction.
The final death toll from Hurricane Lenny is not likely to be known for a few days.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/529257.stm   (414 words)

  
 Online NewsHour Update: Hurricane Lenny -- November 18, 1999
Hurricane Lenny stalled in the northeastern Caribbean Thursday morning, pounding the Virgin Islands with 135 mph winds and up to 15 inches of rain.
Lenny is currently classified as a Category Four storm, capable of causing extensive damage and a 13 to 18 foot storm surge.
Lenny, the fifth major hurricane of the season, began to batter the Caribbean Wednesday, causing some of its worst damage on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/november99/lenny_update_11-18.html   (377 words)

  
 Late Hurricanes
Moving on ahead of their source, hurricane waves rode a storm surge of at least six feet onto the west coast beaches of the Lesser Antilles.
And Lenny has shown us that ideas like “By November, the hurricane season is almost over,” and “Hurricanes move west,” are now in the realm of wishful thinking.
The long-term impact of hurricanes may gravely affect tourist-dependent economic patterns, as potential visitors become aware that hurricanes may be annual events in our region.
www.unesco.org /csi/act/cosalc/hurricane.htm   (1175 words)

  
 Recommendations for the Rehabilitation of Grand Anse, Grenada, following the Erosion Caused by Hurricane Lenny
November, 1999, Hurricane Lenny moved in a west to east direction across the Caribbean Sea, from an area north of Colombia to the Lesser Antilles.
This hurricane was unusual for two reasons: firstly its direction was predominantly from west to east (a once in a century occurrence); secondly its strength was very unusual for so late in the hurricane season (only four other storms reached category 3 or higher strength during the month of November this century).
This hurricane generated severe swells which affected all the territories bordering the Caribbean Sea: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, the coast of Venezuela and the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao).
www.oas.org /cdcm_train/document/lenny/cambers.htm   (1913 words)

  
 St. Barths Online
Hurricane Lenny on its way to St.Barths during November of 1999.
For more than a generation, the hurricanes generated annually in the Southern Atlantic were not interested in St.Barths.
This resulted in a certain degree of complacency on the part of local folk, but all that changed with the arrival of Hurricane Luis in 1995.
www.st-barths.com /weather/hurricanes.html   (89 words)

  
 U.S. Virgin Islands Visitors Guide - PRESS RELEASES - Hurricane Lenny - St. John, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Water Island
EST - Initial assessments of Hurricane Lenny's overall effect on the U.S. Virgin Islands' tourism industry are more positive than first anticipated given the storm's category-four rating.
With maximum winds of 150 mph, Hurricane Lenny posed a major threat to the U.S. Virgin Islands and other Caribbean islands in the Lesser Antilles during the last 48 hours.
While St. Croix experienced more effects of the hurricane than its sister islands - St. Thomas and St. John - preliminary reports indicate that damage to the islands' hotels is minor, limited mostly to some beach erosion and landscape and water damage.
www.usvi-info.com /infousvi/pr991118-lenny.html   (1179 words)

  
 Hurricane lenny: unexpected and unwanted bitch
He doesn't know anything about the tropical depression number 16 that was born yesterday in the Caribbean area, which grew to a tropical storm in less than a day and was then christened hurricane Lenny.
Lenny is far away and according to the weather report from November 15 21.00 UTC it is moving away towards 17 North and 68 West.
At 03.00 UTC Lenny is 15.2 North and 73.0 West and the weather guru's all assure that it will move to 18 North and 67 West.
www.global-unlimited.com /Pages/SCorner/Lenny/Lenny01.html   (561 words)

  
 How Hurricane Lenny, November 1999, affected Dominica
he irony, of course, was that Hurricane Lenny was really not close to Dominica at all: we've had closer brushes with bigger storms.
As a result of this, visitors to Dominica were able to enjoy all of the activities which they had planned for the 1999-2000 season.
Many west coast roads were beginning to be awash with waves and covered by debris thrown by the sea; some were forced to close for a while.
www.avirtualdominica.com /hurricanelenny.htm   (391 words)

  
 November 16, 1999 (Hurricane Lenny)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Lenny, which started out as a tropical depression, then yeste rday moved through classification as a hurricane of first Category 1, then 2 and 3 status, has now dropped back down to Category 2, seems headed our way, though it will probably not, we a re told, hit us directly.
Yesterday the winds were over 100 miles an hour as Lenny made his way up from off the north coast of Jama ica.
Lenny is now predicted to be a direct hit on the American Virgin Islands, and, by extension, on us.
www.aboardlulu.com /lulu19991116.htm   (1567 words)

  
 Jose through Lenny - 1999 Season of The Caribbean Hurricane Page - Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the ...
Lenny is expected to keep drifting around this area, due to lack of steering currents, for the next 12 hours...
One of our special hurricane correspondents on St.Maarten/St.Martin reported that their was a casualty due to a landslide caused by the torrential rains from a feeder band of Jose (see for example this satellite image [source Weather Channel]).
Hurricane force winds extend at this time barely 25 miles to the northeast of the center (and according to the Marine Advisory 0 miles to the other directions).
www.stormcarib.com /hurr99c.htm   (6339 words)

  
 Hurricane Lenny
The maximum sustained winds are decreasing from 100 mph at 18:00 UT to 85 mph at 21:00 UT. A
The maximum sustained winds are increasing from 100 mph at 18:00 UT to 115 mph at 21:00 UT, making Lenny a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
The maximum sustained winds are increasing from 120 mph at 07:00 UT to 125 mph at 09:00 UT. Note the eye of Lenny in these images.
fermi.jhuapl.edu /hurr/99/lenny/imageindex.html   (992 words)

  
 USAID: Caribbean Hurricane Update
In response to Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne, USAID/OFDA provided a total of nearly $445,000 in emergency assistance to the Bahamas.
On September 17, U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Hans H. Hertell declared a disaster due to the damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne.
On August 17, 2004, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana issued a disaster declaration due to the impact of Hurricane Charley, particularly on the Isla de la Juventud and the province of Pinar del Río.
hurricane.info.usaid.gov   (1857 words)

  
 ARRLWeb: Hurricane Watch Net Continues as Lenny Strengthens
The storm has elevated to a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 135 MPH and higher gusts.
A hurricane waning also is in effect for Dutch St Maarten, French St Martin, St Barthelemy, Anguilla, Saba, St Eustatius, St Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, and Barbuda.
Herman points out that Lenny is a "really unusual storm" because it is moving from west to east.
www.arrl.org /news/stories/1999/11/17/1/?nc=1   (535 words)

  
 ARRLWeb: Hurricane Watch Net Activates for Lenny
A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch remain in effect for Jamaica.
A hurricane watch is in effect for the south coast of Haiti.
A hurricane watch may be required for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands later today.
www.arrl.org /news/stories/1999/11/15/1/?nc=1   (353 words)

  
 Hurricane Lenny - November 14-21, 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Beginning midday on the 16th, Lenny began another round of rapid intensification, becoming a major hurricane
The hurricane slowly weakened thereafter, perhaps due to upwelling caused by its slow
Below is a storm total rainfall map for Lenny.
www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov /tropical/rain/lenny1999.html   (296 words)

  
 Hurricane Trackers
This web site is for members of the Hurricane Trackers email group, and for anyone who is interested in hurricane and weather.
The 1999 Atlantic Hurricane Season kept all of us on our toes and made sure our disaster supply kits were checked and rechecked.
As you may recall, Hurricane Lenny also became a category 4 storm and ravaged parts of the Carribean.
www.angelfire.com /sc/hurricane/index.html   (143 words)

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