Hurricane Arthur

From July 03-04, 2014:

Since record began in 1851, Hurricane Arthur was the earliest Hurricane which hit North Carolina in a season. The last record was in 11^th July 1901. The Arthur Hurricane was first that causes the landfall on the U.S mainland since ISAAC on 28,29^th Aug 2012 and become the first category II hurricane in since IKE 2008.

Arthur was developed from low pressure over the Southeastern United States and merged into the Western Atlantic Ocean on 28^th June. After organizing sufficiently, was developed a well defined area of circulation and amid and become favorable environment, and on 01^st July classified as tropical depression. The system become continues to powerful and then later that afternoon was declared a tropical storm.

Going unbalanced to northward, and early of 03^rd July the storm become the Hurricane status. And on evening late of 03^rd July the system gained speed as peak winds of 100 MPH and become the Hurricane category 2 on the Staffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. On 03^rd July the Arthur made landfall at 11.15pm. On Shackle folds banks, between Beaufort and Cape Lookout. And intensity becomes slightly increased with the minimum pressure of 973 mb or 28.73 mercury / inches.

And Then the storm step ahead to northward, and become weaken as it was passed through cape cod Nantucket before it transfer in to wave cyclone on 5^th July. The Widespread powers decreased were reported throughout the Coastal eastern and North Carolina. There were observed that surge flooding up to 4 to 5 feet was above over the central and northern outer banks and in dare country the portion of NC highway 12 and U.S. highway were closed. And cape lookout the peek wind was recorded 101 MPH.  

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