The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. This Atlantic hurricane season saw a near-record number of named tropical storms. This extremely active season followed four consecutive years in which there was below normal activity. The season officially began on June 1, 1995 and ended on November 30, 1995. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most tropical systems form. The season's first system, Hurricane Allison, developed on June 3; its last, Hurricane Tanya, became extratropical on November 2.
The season produced 21 tropical cyclones, of which 19 intensified into tropical storms, 11 of which became hurricanes, and five became major hurricanes. The four most notable storms during the season were hurricanes Luis, Marilyn, Opal and Roxanne. Luis caused extensive damage in the northern Leeward Islands in excess of $2.5 billion (1995 USD). Marilyn affected the same area a few days later, causing eight deaths and damages in excess of $2 billion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Opal was a strong hurricane that, after battering the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, cross the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida. There were 27 hurricane-related deaths were reported in the Southeastern United States. Roxanne caused widespread flooding and crop damage throughout much of the Yucatán Peninsula, and killed at least six people, due to its erratic movement.
This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included.
The time stamp for each event is first stated using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the 24-hour clock where 00:00 = midnight UTC. The NHC uses both UTC and the time zone where the center of the tropical cyclone is currently located. The time zones utilized (east to west) prior to 2020 were: Atlantic, Eastern, and Central. In this timeline, the respective area time is included in parentheses. Additionally, figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (miles, or kilometers), following National Hurricane Center practice. Direct wind observations are rounded to the nearest whole number. Atmospheric pressures are listed to the nearest millibar and nearest hundredth of an inch of mercury. __TOC__
Timeline
June
June 1 The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.
June 3 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, June 2)Tropical Depression One develops from a tropical wave roughly east of Belize City, Belize. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression One strengthens into Tropical Storm Allison while moving through the Yucatán Channel.
June 4 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Allison intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane while located about 280 miles (440 km) west of Key West, Florida and simultaneously reaches its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of .The figures for maximum sustained winds and position estimates are rounded to the nearest 5 units (knots, miles, or kilometers), following the convention used in the National Hurricane Center's operational products for each storm. All other units are rounded to the nearest digit.
June 5 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Allison weakens to a tropical storm as it approaches the Florida Gulf coast. 14:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Allison makes initial landfall near Alligator Point, Florida with winds of . 15:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Allison again makes landfall, after moving over water, near Saint Marks, Florida with winds of .
June 6 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT June 5)Tropical Storm Allison weakens to a tropical depression over southeastern Georgia. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Allison transitions into an extratropical cyclone while tracking across the Carolinas, and subsequently dissipates over the Labrador Sea.
July
July 6 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Two forms from a frontal low-pressure area while located about 425 mi (685 km) west of Bermuda.
July 7 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Two intensifies into Tropical Storm Barry while located west-southwest of Bermuda. 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Barry attains its maximum sustained wind speed of .
July 9 21:30 UTC (5:30 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Barry makes landfall near Hart Island, Nova Scotia (south of Canso) with winds of . 22:00 UTC (6:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Barry again makes landfall, after moving over water, near L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island with winds of .
July 10 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 9)Tropical Storm Barry attains its minimum barometric pressure of while over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Barry transitions into an extratropical cyclone near the western coast of Newfoundland and later dissipates.
July 12 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 11)Tropical Depression Three forms from a tropical wave while located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
July 14 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 13)Tropical Depression Three intensifies into a Tropical Storm Chantal while located north-northeast of Puerto Rico.
July 17 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, July 16)Tropical Storm Chantal reaches its peak intensity while located west of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of .
July 20 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Chantal transitions into an extratropical cyclone roughly 225 miles (360 km) east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland and subsequently dissipates.
July 28 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Four forms from a middle-level trough roughly southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.
July 30 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Four intensifies into Tropical Storm Dean while located roughly from the Southeast Texas Gulf coast.
July 31 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, July 30)Tropical Storm Dean reaches its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 30)Tropical Storm Erin forms from a tropical wave just west of Turks and Caicos Islands. 02:00 UTC (9:00 p.m. CDT, July 30)Tropical Storm Dean makes landfall near Freeport, Texas with winds of . 06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Dean weakens to a tropical depression roughly south-southwest of Houston, Texas and subsequently merges with an extra-tropical frontal zone.
August
August 1 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, July 31)Tropical Storm Erin intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane near Rum Cay, Bahamas.
August 2 06:15 UTC (2:15 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Erin makes landfall near Vero Beach, Florida with winds of . 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Hurricane Erin weakens to a tropical storm over Central Florida.
August 3 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, August 2)Tropical Storm Erin re-intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane after emerging into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. 13:30 UTC (8:30 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Erin strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of as its eyewall makes landfall near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. 16:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. CDT)Hurricane Erin weakens into a Category 1 hurricane due to interaction with Santa Rosa Island. 16:00 UTC (11:00 p.m. CDT)Hurricane Erin attains its minimum barometric pressure of as it makes landfall at Pensacola Beach with winds of .
August 4 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, August 3)Hurricane Erin weakens to a tropical storm over southeastern Mississippi. 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Erin weakens to a tropical depression.
August 5 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Six develops over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico from the southern part of the tropical wave that spawned Hurricane Erin.
August 6 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Erin merges with an extratropical frontal system over West Virginia. 23:00 UTC (6:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Six makes landfall near Cabo Rojo, Veracruz with winds of .
August 7 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, August 6)Tropical Depression Six attains its peak intensity just inland (near Ozuluama, Veracruz) with a minimum barometric pressure of . 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Six dissipates over the mountains of central-southern Mexico.
August 8 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 7)Tropical Depression Seven forms from a tropical wave roughly west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Seven intensifies into Tropical Storm Felix.
August 9 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Eight forms from a tropical wave roughly east of La Pesca, Tamaulipas.
August 10 12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT)Tropical Depression Eight intensifies into Tropical Storm Gabrielle.
August 11 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 10)Tropical Storm Felix intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane roughly east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Felix intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane. 20:00 UTC (3:00 p.m. CDT)Tropical Storm Gabrielle reaches its peak intensity with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of as it makes landfall just south of La Pesca.
August 12 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 11)Hurricane Felix rapidly intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane. 00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT, August 11)Tropical Storm Gabrielle weakens to a tropical depression inland and dissipates roughly south of the Mexico–United States border. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) Hurricane Felix rapidly intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Felix attains its peak intensity while about south-southeast of Bermuda with winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of .
August 13 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Felix weakens to a Category 3 hurricane. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Felix weakens to a Category 2 hurricane.
August 14 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Felix weakens to a Category 1 hurricane.
August 20 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Hurricane Felix weakens to a tropical storm northeast of Bermuda.
August 22 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, August 21)Tropical Depression Nine forms from a tropical wave while situated about west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Nine intensifies into Tropical Storm Humberto. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Depression Ten forms from a tropical wave roughly east of the Lesser Antilles. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Felix transitions into an extratropical cyclone roughly east-northeast of Newfoundland. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Depression Ten intensifies into Tropical Storm Iris. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Eleven develops from a tropical wave while located just southwest of Andros Island in the Bahamas.
August 23 06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST)Tropical Storm Humberto intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane west of the Cape Verde Islands. 12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT)Tropical Depression Eleven strengthens into Tropical Storm Jerry about 33 miles (53 km) east of the Atlantic coast of Florida, and simultaneously attains its maximum sustained wind speed of . 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Tropical Storm Iris intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT)Tropical Storm Jerry makes landfall near Jupiter, Florida with winds of .
August 24 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Humberto reaches its peak intensity while located far west of the Cape Verde Islands with maximum sustained winds of and a minimum barometric pressure of . 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST)Hurricane Iris weakens to a tropical storm.