Fan Made Hurricane: Hurricane Ivy

Hurricane Ivy Category 5 (SSHWS) Formed: August 27, 2017

Dissipated: September 16, 2017

Highest Winds: 200mph (1 -minute sustained)

Lowest Pressure: 853mbar

Damages: $175.8 billion

Fatalities: 4,487

Affected Areas: Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Cuba, Bahamas, United States

Part of the Fictional 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Hurricane Ivy was an extremely powerful and intense tropical cyclone with made landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 5 storm, Ivy formed off the coast of Cape Verde and entered into the Caribbean Sea later.

Meteorological History On August 26, a tropical wave quickly intensified into a Tropical Depression and became Tropical Depression 11. The next day, Tropical Depression 11 formed into Tropical Storm Ivy. Tropical Storm Ivy was a very organized storm and intensified into a Category 1 on August 29. The next day, Hurricane Ivy quickly intensified to a major Category 3 hurricane at 6:00 UTC. On September 2, Ivy became a Category 5 storm with winds up to 165mph and a pressure of 905mbar. On its destructive path, Hurricane Ivy destroyed the Lesser Antilles while hurricane warnings were set in Hispaniola and hurricane watches in Cuba, the Bahamas, and Florida. On September 5 00:00 UTC, Hurricane Ivy made landfall in Hispaniola and caused catastrophic damage. On September 6, the storm weakened but still a strong Category 5 storm with Maximum Sustained Winds of 170mph and a pressure of 894mbar. On September 8 6:00 UTC, Hurricane Ivy reached peak intensity with Maximum Sustained Winds of 200mph with gusts up to 235mph and a central pressure of 853mbar making Ivy the strongest storm in the Atlantic Basin on record. The next day Florida had the largest evacuation in all of Floridian History. On September 10, Hurricane Ivy weakened some as it hit parts of Cuba and the Bahamas. At 18:00 UTC on September 11, Hurricane Ivy hit Kendall, FL with winds up to 185mph and a minimum pressure 899mbar. 5 days later on September 16, Hurricane Ivy dissipated in the state of Kansas.

Records Hurricane Ivy broke many records. Ivy is known as the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Basin in terms of wind speed and pressure. Ivy is also the hurricane which stayed a major hurricane for the most time. Iv y is the 2nd costliest hurricane on record as well as the 5th largest hurricane on record and in the Atlantic Basin.

Retirement In March of 2018, the NHC and NOAA declared that the name Ivy will be replace by Iola.