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Hurricane Emily was a Category 3 hurricane during the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. On September...

Hurricane Emily was a Category 3 hurricane during the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. On September 1, the storm brushed the Outer Banks of North Carolina before heading back out to sea. Despite coming within miles of North Carolina as a major hurricane, the storm caused only three deaths and $50 million (2004 US dollars) in damages. A tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa on August 17, and moved quickly west-northwestward. It organized into Tropical Depression Five on August 22 while 800 miles (1,300 km) east-northeast of Puerto Rico. After moving quickly to the northwest, higher pressures to its north caused it to stall over the central Atlantic Ocean. With favorable conditions aloft and warm water temperatures, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Emily on August 25 as it drifted to the west-southwest, and briefly attained hurricane status the next day. Emily dropped to tropical storm strength due to a slight increase in vertical shear, but again attained hurricane intensity late on August 27. A break in the subtropical ridge caused the hurricane to turn to the northwest, during which Emily fluctuated in strength between 75 mph (121 km/h) and 85 mph (137 km/h).