charley was in category 1 when it hit orlando in 2004.
charley was in category 1 when it hit orlando in 2004.
what category was charley when it hit orlando in 2004?
category 1
a tropical wave developed into tropical depression three on august 9 to the south-southeast of barbados. early on august 10, it was upgraded to tropical storm charley, before reaching hurricane intensity south of jamaica on august 11. charley continued to strengthen after curving northwestward and was a 120 mph (195 km/h) category 3 hurricane when it made landfall near alquízar, cuba on august 13. after emerging into the straits of florida, charley weakened to a category 2 hurricane. however, the storm abruptly strengthened into a category 4 hurricane later on august 13, with winds peaking at 150 mph (240 km/h). at 19:45 utc on august 13, charley made landfall at cayo costa, florida, followed by another landfall in punta gorda about an hour later. charley rapidly weakened over florida, falling to category 1 by early on august 14. later that day, the storm emerged into the atlantic, before making two more landfalls in cape romain and myrtle beach, south carolina as a minimal hurricane. late on august 14, charley weakened to a tropical storm over southeastern north carolina, shortly before becoming extratropical near virginia beach, virginia.
2004 atlantic hurricane season
tim wakefield made his first start of the 2004 postseason for the red sox, becoming the first knuckleball pitcher to make a world series start since 1948, while woody williams, who had won his previous two starts in the post-season, was the cardinals' starting pitcher. in the bottom of the first inning, williams gave up a lead-off double to johnny damon, and then hit orlando cabrera in the shoulder with one of his pitches. after manny ramírez flied out, ortiz hit a three-run home run in his first-ever world series at bat. kevin millar then scored by virtue of a single by bill mueller to put the red sox up 4–0.
2004 world series