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1919 Atlantic Hurricane Season




  Last Storm Dissipated Nov 14 , 1918
  Strongest Storm Florida Keys Hurricane - 120 knots (140 mph)
  Total Storms 3
  Major Storms 1
  Total Damages $22 million (1919 USD)
  Total Fatalities 600-900
  Basin Atlantic hurricane
  Five Seasons 1917 , 1918 , '''1919''', 1920 , 1921


The 1919 season was below average season. Only three tropical cyclones formed and only one became a Hurricane . The first storm of the season was a Tropical Storm that struck Pensacola, Florida , causing only $25,000 in damage. Another tropical storm grazed Bermuda in mid- November . The most notable storm of the season, however, was the Florida Keys Hurricane . The storm killed 600 people in all and passed directly over Key West as a Category 4 . Most of the people that were killed died at sea. The storm passed over main Gulf Of Mexico shipping routes as a strong Category 4 before making landfall just south of Corpus Christi, Texas as a Category 1 .


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