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By Saturday evening, Camille's forward speed had increased to about 12 mph near the center, and hurricane winds extended 50 miles in all directions (USACE 1970). On Sunday, August 17, Camille was located 250 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hurricane Camille was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast region on August 17 and August 18, 1969. (see track of Camille's eye at landfall). For 36 years (prior to Hurricane Katrina) it would be the benchmark against which all future Gulf Coast hurricanes were measured.