Hurricane Charley - Port Charlotte, FL - August 13, 2004

Hurricane Charley strengthened rapidly just before striking the southwestern coast of Florida, over Charlotte Harbor, as a Category Four hurricane. Although extremely small in size, Charley produced sustained winds of 150mph and gusts to near 175mph, causing catastrophic wind damage in the communities of Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, FL. The Charlotte County Medical Center recorded an unofficial gust of 150kts (173mph) and the Charlotte County Airport recorded 139kts (160mph). Charley's minimum central pressure at landfall was 942mb (27.82in) and I recorded 950mb (28.05in) at my location near Fawcett Memorial Hospital. Veteran storm chaser Andy Dressler accompanied me on this chase.

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• Charley
• Severe
• Weather
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• Tropical
• Cyclone
• Typhoon
• Florida
• Hurricanes
• 2004
• Extreme
• Wind
• Disaster

[Dmuz75]

it hit me, im glad im alive.it hit me on a category 5 no joke it hit me on category 5

[cyberpetrol]

wheres the paper towels???

[teekitty17]

this was on my birthday. and this footage was seconds from my house

[ironhawk1111]

damn thats nuts what a hurricane

[CycloneJosh]

Great video, Jim-- one of my very favorites from your portfolio. It's such a great selection of shots.

[Rizzy4magic]

wow so long a go i was 8 when hit am 17 now

[thegatorboy24]

I lost my home from Charley, it was terrible but at least my family and I made it through.

[kvhonk1]

What an intense mother that was..god..very underated Hurricane!

[danw1374]

2:10 What a gust

[ShalemariTV]

@jjjntstepp1234 it was the strongest hurricane to hit since andrew

[LongClawzHidden]

Oh man, I remember when I was like 9 or 10 and this hit. My house was almost wrecked but it held out somehow. My entire backyard was fucked though. :(

[jjjntstepp1234]

This was a terrible hurricane but it's no match for Andrew.