1979 Reimagined Atlantic Hurricane Season; HELL Edition (HA Animations)

1979 Reimagined Atlantic Hurricane Season; HELL Edition (HA Animations)
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	June 12, 1979
Last system dissipated	November 15, 1979
Strongest storm
Name	Kate
• Maximum winds	195 mph (314 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	876 mbar (hPa; 25.87 inHg)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	29 (Record High)
Total storms	27 (Record High)
Total hurricanes	13 (Record High)
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+)	7 (Record High)
ACE	261.4075 (Record High)
Total fatalities	23,944
Total damage	$29.8 Billion (1979 USD) (Costliest Atlantic Hurricane season on record)
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Seasonal Summary

The 1979 Atlantic Hurricane Season was a record-breaking and extremely devastating series. This season is the first of an ongoing series of HA Animations' HELL Series, in which tropical cyclone seasons are reimagined to be far more devastating while also being loosely based on the real-world counterpart of the season. This series begins in 1979, the beginning of the usage of male-female alternating lists, which is considered the beginning of the "modern" Atlantic Naming Lists.

The 1979 Atlantic Hurricane Season would begin on June 12, with Hurricane Ana, which made several landfalls in the Caribbean and the Southeastern United States. Ana would make an exceptionally rare Georgia landfall, making landfall in Savannah, Georgia at peak intensity. Shortly after, Bob would form in the far western Tropical Atlantic. Bob would become a category two hurricane in the Eastern Caribbean, and would make landfall in Hispaniola as a category one storm before going out to sea for the remainder of its life. In early July, Tropical Storm Claudette, Hurricane David, and Tropical Storm Elena would form, with Claudette remaining mainly out to sea, with the exception of a tropical storm landfall in Bermuda. David and Elena would experience a Fujiwara Interaction, in which David absorbed Elena shortly after Elena made landfall in Extreme Southern South Carolina. Hurricane David would peak as a category two hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, before making landfall near Pensacola, Florida on July 13th.

Seasonal timeline

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of 1979 Reimagined Atlantic Hurricane Season; HELL Edition (HA Animations).

Systems

Hurricane Kate

Category 5 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 25 – September 7
Peak intensity	195 mph (314 km/h) (1-min); 876 mbar (hPa)

Storm names

The following names have been designated for the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season:

Achillean Brielle Calhoun Damaris Eureka Falun Gideon

Halcyon Imara Jack Kellan Lorraine Merrick Neptune

Onyx Pixel Rhea Selene Trevon Virgil Willis (unused)

Season effects

Saffir-Simpson scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

1979 Atlantic hurricane season statistics

Storm name	Dates active	Storm category at peak intensity	Max 1-min wind mph (km/h)	Min. press. (mbar)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Ref(s).
Ana	June 12–16	Category 1 hurricane	90 (145)	983	Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Southeast United States	$276 Million	94
Season aggregates
0 systems	N/A		0	0		$0	0