Tropical Storm Josephine was the tenth named storm of a moderately active 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. A strong tropical storm, Josephine dumped heavy rain across most of the southeastern and eastern United States killing two people and leaving $130 million dollars (1996 USD, $158 million 2005 USD) in damage.
Josephine formed from the tail end of a front that had stalled in the Gulf of Mexico. Josephine then reached tropical depression status ...
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Tropical Storm Josephine was the tenth named storm of a moderately active 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. A strong tropical storm, Josephine dumped heavy rain across most of the southeastern and eastern United States killing two people and leaving $130 million dollars (1996 USD, $158 million 2005 USD) in damage.
Josephine formed from the tail end of a front that had stalled in the Gulf of Mexico. Josephine then reached tropical depression status on October 4 and became a tropical storm on October 6 after meandering around for days as a tropical depression. Between the 6th and 7th of October, Josephine rapidly moved eastward and was nearing hurricane strength before upper level wind shear disrupted the storm structure. Later on the 7th, the storm made landfall near Apalachee Bay, Florida as a strong tropical storm. When the storm crossed the coast, it lost tropical characteristics and was declared an extratropical storm as it moved over Georgia. The extratropical remnants of Josephine...
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