Sep 5, 1996 · With the near-complete destruction of the protective beachfront dunes and severe overwashing/scouring of the barrier islands north of Cape Fear, Hurricane Fran re-wrote the face of Southeastern North Carolina.

Hurricane Fran caused extensive damage in the United States in early September 1996. The sixth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, Fran developed from a tropical wave near Cape Verde on August 23.

Sep 5, 2024 · RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Exactly 28 years ago, on September 5, 1996, Hurricane Fran made landfall late in the evening as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds on Bald Head Island in North Carolina. Through the night, Fran moved north, very close to I-40, right through communities like Buies Creek, Raleigh, Durham and Roxboro.

In September 1996, Hurricane Fran battered central North Carolina. The storm came ashore near Wilmington as a Category 3 hurricane, packing 115 mph winds. Far from the coast, high winds,...

Sep 6, 2016 · RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Hurricane Fran slammed into the southern coast of North Carolina on September 5, 1996 with sustained winds of 115 mph and gusts up to 125 mph. It left flooding and...

Moving around 17 mph, the center of Fran made landfall over the Cape Fear area on September 5 th around 8:30 p.m., just southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fig. 4). At landfall, sustained winds were 115 mph and the minimum pressure was 954 mb.

Aftermath of Hurricane Fran in North Carolina--Preliminary Data on Flooding and Water Quality Floods resulting from Hurricane Fran, which passed through North Carolina on September 5-6, 1996, were some of the most severe and widespread in the State in recent memory.

Sep 5, 1996 · Hurricane Fran hit the coast as a Category 3 hurricane and barreled through the middle of the state, causing widespread damage to everything in her path. Almost half the state saw damage. Raleigh was particularly hard hit, with thousands of trees hitting homes and cars and causing millions in damage.

May 26, 2016 · RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – It was arguably the worst hurricane to ever hit North Carolina. Hurricane Fran slammed into the state Sept. 5, 1996. “It was a category three hurricane with winds of 115 miles per hour,” said WNCN meteorologist Wes Hohenstein.

Fran was a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see Appendix A) when it made landfall on the North Carolina coast near Cape Fear on September 5, 1996. Besides sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (mph), the storm surge and high water marks to nearly.