Hurricane Karl (2004)

Karl tracked across the open Atlantic in the second half of September 2004. On September 21 it was about 1,005 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands with sustained winds of 140 mph, and an 11 PM AST advisory that night placed the centre near latitude 17.2 north with winds of 135 mph and a central pressure of 944 mb. It was then moving west-northwest at about 12 mph.

Formed (UTC)

2004-09-16

Dissipated (UTC)

2004-09-28

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

125

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2004260N11331

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hurricane, category 4, north atlantic, open ocean, 2004 season

Coordinates: 50.51660972233824, -38.8028252313848

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2000 to 2007 seasons

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