![]() Wind swath of Hurricane King over Miami (US Weather Bureau) As it approached the state, the hurricane was under surveillance by Hurricane Hunter aircraft, which documented a deepening of the central pressure by 33 mb and a contraction of the eye from 20 miles (32 km) down to 5 miles (8 km) in diameter. Warnings were posted for south Florida to expect a major hurricane within 18 hours. However, once it moved back over the ocean, it began to rapidly restrengthen and move on a north-northwesterly course toward Florida. It crossed over the island in six hours, losing some strength as it did so. By the time it made landfall near Camaguey, Cuba, its maximum sustained winds were near 90 mph (150 km/hr). As the eleventh storm of the season it was assigned the name “King”.Īfter passing Jamaica, King began to curve northward and intensify. Earlier in the 1950 hurricane season, the Miami Hurricane Warning Center had begun to use the Air Force’s custom of designating tropical storms using the Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. It became more organized as it moved away from land and reached hurricane status as it moved west of Jamaica. It idled off the coast of Honduras for a day before moving off to the northeast. 13th, in the climatologically favored region for mid-October, the western Caribbean Sea. It was the most devastating tropical cyclone to hit the area since the Great Miami hurricane of 1926. ![]() In the early morning hours of October 18, 1950, violent Hurricane King struck Miami, FL bringing wide-spread destruction to south Florida. ![]()
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