Hurricane Able

Hurricane Able

The name Able has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first letter of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, which was used from 1950 to 1952 for tropical cyclone names in the Atlantic Ocean. There was also a Tropical Storm Abel in the 1996 Pacific typhoon season.

Atlantic:
*1950's Hurricane Able- Category 4 hurricane that ultimately hit Nova Scotia as a tropical storm.
*1951's Hurricane Able- Earliest recorded Category 3 hurricane. It threatened the Bahamas and North Carolina before moving out to sea.
*1952's Hurricane Able- Long-lived, minimal hurricane that ultimately struck South Carolina, causing $2.75 million in damage and 3 deaths along its path through the eastern United States.


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