Hurricane Opal is not a storm those along the Gulf Coast will forget anytime soon. Skip to Main Content. ... The top rainfall in north Alabama was 7.79 inches in Valley Head.

The Tennessee Valley is often impacted by tropical systems as they make ... Opal was a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained wind speeds of 115 mph as it moved ashore in Florida ...

Hurricane Opal was an erratic storm in 1995 that changed strength quickly before landfall, as the strongest storm to hit the Panhandle in 20 years. Skip to content. WKRG News 5.

As Hurricane Michael marches toward the Gulf Coast, and eventually, Georgia, several veterans in 11Alive’s newsroom brought up Hurricane Opal -- a 1995 hurricane that took a similar path.

As Hurricane Michael marches toward the Gulf Coast, and eventually, Georgia, several storm veterans in the comment section on Facebook brought up Hurricane Opal -- a 1995 hurricane that took a ...

Opal then made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 hurricane on Oct. 4, 1995. A particularly dangerous aspect of Opal was its storm surge, with the sea rising 8 to 14 feet east of ...

On Oct. 4, 1995, Hurricane Opal brought 70 mph winds and knocked down 300-plus trees throughout Columbus and Fort Moore, according to the Ledger’s archive.

Hurricane Opal caused about $2.1 billion in damages in Florida alone. A total of 63 people were killed in Guatemala, Mexico, Florida, up the Ohio River Valley, and even Ontario Canada.

As Knoxville braces for heavy rain and flooding from Hurricane Helene, here's a look at past storms that reached all the way into East Tennessee. News Today's news ...

On Oct. 4, 1995, Hurricane Opal brought 70 mph winds and knocked down 300-plus trees throughout Columbus and Fort Moore, according to the Ledger’s archive. Hurricane Irma in 2017 and Michael in ...

In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, impacting the Caribbean, the southeastern U.S., and inland areas, including the Appalachian region and Great Smoky ...