First Tropical System Ever Known to Strike Europe

National Hurricane Center | Oct 11, 2005 | public advisory

[ClearCase_guy]

Not a tropical system, but I found this:

"The great storm of October 1987 was the worst to affect the south east of England since 1703. After the storm had passed the landscape was changed - some 15 million trees were felled and whole forests decimated. Buildings suffered severe damage and ships were driven on to shore. 16 people died as a direct result of the storm damage."

[freedumb2003]

I am sure Ford Prefect understood completely ;)

[metmom]

I don't function well before 4 PM on any given day. You're excused, considering the time.

[InvisibleChurch]

Now THAT was funny!

[stm]

Why should FL and the rest of the Gulf Coast have all the fun?

Ivan the Terrible:

[metmom]

LOL! Now we can quit blaming it on global warming.

[metmom]

Say, I think we just broke a record for the number of named Atlantic Tropical Storms.

[JustDoItAlways]

Lots and lots of tropical systems hit Europe. This is bogus.

After tropical systems leave North America, or slide up the middle of the Atlantic, they hit Europe head on.

They have lost lots of their steam by then so they are more like low pressure systems, but many carry tropical-force winds.

[stm]

But have the ever seen the likes of a Camille, Ivan or Katrina? Methinks not!

[KosmicKitty]

It is Europe after all. They can't handle anymore then that. ;-)

[JustDoItAlways]

Europe is pretty far North and its is on the west coast of a continent.

Storms move east to west at the tropics where hurricans form (while the rest of the weather moves west to east.)

Because of its latitude and geographic location, it will never face a Cat 4 hurricane (just as my location means I will never face one either.)

http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm

[joesnuffy]

Heck the French must generate, at least, hurricane force winds whilst waving their white flags...

[metmom]

"THE HISTORICAL RECORD SHOWS NO TROPICAL CYCLONE EVER MAKING LANDFALL
ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA."


I think the point is "the Iberian Peninsula". The track of most tropical storms appears to take the remnants towards England on a regular basis, although the storm tracks are never shown that far away. If you check out this one, it's going due east for the lower part of Portugal.

[stm]

And leave a supersonic vapor trail as the retreat

[pageonetoo]

Actually Spain has been sufferung an extreme drought, the rain will probably be welcome there.

We've had a lack of rain, in WV. But, the storms over the weekend brought torrents.

Yesterday, I loaded my kayak on the volvo wagon, and headed for the river. I got there, and stared. I expected to see rushing water, and it had barely risen. I came home, not wanting to keep bottoming the boat, in the SHENANDOAH river. Evidently, we were drier than I thought. It soaked into the soil, and little made it to the streams...

There's more coming, so I kept the boat on top of the wagon... and I can always head to the Potomac...

[KarlInOhio]

It's not a machine exactly. It's some dang butterfly that keeps flapping it's wings and causing storms all over the planet.

It's Mothra!

[bobjam]

True. The remnants of Atlantic storms often affect the British Isles. These storms are, however, termed "extra tropical" because by then they have lost their tropical characteristics.

Vince is the first truly tropical cyclone known to hit continental Europe (I suppose Iceland has seen storms in the past). I would like to know if Spain and Portugal posted any watches or warnings.

[Mike Darancette]

On Nov. 25, 1120 a fierce storm in the English Channel sank the "White Ship" carrying William Adelin the only legitimate heir to King Henry I of England. The following strife over succession brought on a period known as the "The Anarchy" the results of which was the ascension of the House of Plantagenet.

[aBootes]

Say, I think we just broke a record for the number of named Atlantic Tropical Storms.

I this we've one more to go to tie the record of the most number of storms in one season. Since that season was before storms were named, however, this season does have the most named storms.

[this_ol_patriot]

I spun the draining bathtub water the wrong way the other week and now everything's backasswards. .dab yM