Hurricane Dora (JTWC designation: 07E, international designation: 9911) was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone of the 1999 Pacific hurricane season. The fourth named storm, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Dora developed on August 6 from a tropical wave to the south of Mexico. It maintained a steady westward track for much of its lifetime, reaching peak winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) on August 12 and August 13. Dora laste...
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Hurricane Dora (JTWC designation: 07E, international designation: 9911) was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone of the 1999 Pacific hurricane season. The fourth named storm, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Dora developed on August 6 from a tropical wave to the south of Mexico. It maintained a steady westward track for much of its lifetime, reaching peak winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) on August 12 and August 13. Dora lasted for a total of 17 days before dissipating on August 23 to the north of Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean.
Although it never made landfall, Dora produced high surf, gale force winds and light rain across southeastern Hawaii and Johnston Island. There were no reported deaths or injuries from the hurricane.
The precursor of Dora was a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on July 23. The system moved across the Atlantic Ocean without development, and on August 4 it crossed Central America into the eastern Pacific Ocean with...
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