Category
1
| Winds |
Surge |
Vulnerable |
| 74 to
95 mph |
4-5ft
above normal |
Unanchored
mobile homes, shrubbery and trees, some piers. Some
coastal road flooding. |
Category
2
| Winds |
Surge |
Vulnerable |
| 96 to
110 mph |
6-8ft
above normal |
Roofing
material, trees, many mobile homes, piers, small craft
in unprotected anchorages. Coastal roads and low-lying
escape roads flood two to four hours before center
of storm arrives. |
Category
3
| Winds |
Surge |
Vulnerable |
| 111 to
130 mph |
9-12ft
above normal |
Small
homes and buildings, large trees, all mobile homes.
Low-lying escape routes flooded three to five hours
before center arrives, and flooding destroys small
structures. |
Category
4
| Winds |
Surge |
Vulnerable |
| 131 to
155 mph |
13-18ft
above normal |
Walls,
roof structures, doors and windows of small homes,
all signs and trees, lower floors of structures near
the shore. Terrain lower than 10 feet above sea level
may flood, requiring evacuations six miles inland.
|
Category
5
| Winds |
Surge |
Vulnerable |
| greater
than 155 mph |
greater
than 18ft
above normal |
Homes
and buildings of all sizes, especially roofs, windows
and doors. Terrain lower than 15 feet above sea level
may flood, requiring evacuations as far as 10 miles
inland. |
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