The storm center crossed over the western end of Dauphin Island at 10pm. As the eye moved inland, it decreased in size to about 15 miles in diameter. Shortly before 10pm on September 12, the northern eyewall of Frederic move ashore on Dauphin Island, AL. Photo courtesy of NOAA, Office for Coastal Management, DigitalCoast In the opinion of some weather forecasters at the time, Frederic had the largest storm center they had ever recorded. The eye of the Frederic measured 50 miles in diameter east to west and 40 miles north to south. Hurricane Frederic approached the coast with a forward speed of 15mph. Evacuation of the Gulf Coast was nearing completion at that time.īy 5pm on September 12, the center of Hurricane Frederic was about 80 miles south of Gulf Shores, AL moving north at 15 mph.Ĭonditions began to rapidly deteriorate during the afternoon of September 12 as Frederic approached the Alabama Gulf Coast. Reports from hurricane hunter reconnaissance aircraft and coastal weather radar networks indicated the eye of Frederic would cross the coast between Gulfport, MS and Pensacola, FL. The hurricane eye was reported to be about 10 miles. Of Pensacola moving north-northwest at 12-15 mph. Normal in the area where the center made landfall.īy 11am on September 12, Frederic was located 175 miles south
Hurricaneįrederic was expected to produce a storm surge of 10-15 feet above Located about 220 miles south of the Alabama Coast. Moving northwest with a slightly increased forward speed at 12mph FredericĬontinued to strengthen with highest winds estimated at 130mph andĬentral pressure of 28.05 inches of mercury. Hurricane Warnings from Panama City, FL to Grand Isle, LA. On Wednesday, Septemat 5am, the NWS issued Hurricane Frederic strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane over theĬentral Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds near 132 mph. Frederic formed on August 29 as a tropical depression over the far eastern Atlantic and became a hurricane on September 10 over the
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