Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. Connie struck as a Category 1, causing major flooding and inflicting extensive damage to the Outer Banks and inland to Raleigh.
The precursor to Hurricane Connie was a tropical wave that moved across the Tropical Atlantic. A surface circulation was reported by ships on August 3, and a tropical depression was born. It became...
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Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. Connie struck as a Category 1, causing major flooding and inflicting extensive damage to the Outer Banks and inland to Raleigh.
The precursor to Hurricane Connie was a tropical wave that moved across the Tropical Atlantic. A surface circulation was reported by ships on August 3, and a tropical depression was born. It became a tropical storm later that day, but much of the convection was located to the north of the circulation due to the rapid west-northwest movement of the storm. As it slowed down, another circulation reformed to the northeast, and Connie rapidly strengthened on the 5th to a 135 mph Category 4 hurricane.
The hurricane passed to the north of the Lesser Antilles on August 6 as it reached its peak intensity of 145 mph winds, causing rain and heavy surf. Connie retained this intensity for the next 4 days, but with high pressure to its north, it...
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