Hurricane Frances
September 2-5, 2004



WEMITE #1: Vero Beach Municipal Airport - Vero Beach, FL
WEMITE #2: Melbourne Beach, FL
PMT White: Sebastian Municipal Airport - Sebastian, FL
PMT Black: Space Coast Regional Airport - Titusville, FL
PMT Clear: St. Lucie Co. Int'l Airport - Ft. Pierce, FL

SMART-Radar #1: Merritt Island Municipal Airport - Merritt Island, FL
SMART-Radar #2: Space Coast Regional Airport - Titusville, FL

Tower Deployment Team

Becca Paulsen Edwards (Field Coordinator)
Ian Giammanco
Hector Cruzado
Kirsten Orwig
Maribel Martinez
Greg Crabtree
Dave Kook
John Turner

Smart-Radar Deployment Team

Chris Weiss, PhD (Texas Tech)
Sylvie Lorsolo, PhD (Texas Tech)
Jeff Beck (Texas Tech)
Brian Hirth (Texas Tech)
Mike Biggerstaff, PhD (Oklahoma)
Kevin Scharfenberg (CIMMS-Oklahoma)
Gordon Carie (CIMMS-Oklahoma)


Hurricane Frances Deployment Summary Comming Soon!

Deployment Notes: WEMITE #2 did not collect a complete data record due to a power failure. The data presented in the data plots section and the table below are not standardized to represent constant open terrain exposure. All deployment sites were not representative of true open terrain exposure. Higher wind speed values may have been found in true open or marine exposure conditions. Please see our data disclaimer .


Tower: GPS Coordinates Peak Sustained Wind Speed (1-min) Peak Gust Wind Speed (3-sec):
WEMITE #1 27.6503 N
80.4174 W 		67.8 mph
84.4 mph
WEMITE #2* 28.0543 N
80.5541 W 		70.3 mph
87.9 mph
PMT White 27.8128 N
80.4983 W 		69.3 mph
83.1 mph
PMT Clear 27.2905 N
80.2220 W 		77.1 mph
95.3 mph
PMT Black 28.5146 N
80.8016 W 		69.3 mph
89.7 mph
*incomplete data record





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DATA PLOTS


FT. PIERCE DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


MELBOURNE DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


SEBASTIAN DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


TITUSVILLE DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO


VERO BEACH DEPLOYMENT SITE AERIAL PHOTO