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NHC AL082001 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gabrielle (2001)

September 11, 2001 – September 21, 2001

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Gabrielle peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 206 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Gabrielle in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Gabrielle from September 11, 2001 to September 21, 2001; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 14 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 9 miles from Osprey, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 206 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 19 miles from Englewood, FL; the centre came closest to Celebration, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
206
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Gabrielle passed near, strongest first

Florida (206)

and 146 more

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.