Hurricane Ophelia (2011)

The fifteenth named storm of the 2011 North Atlantic season originated in a tropical wave roughly midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles on 17 September. Early advisories put maximum sustained winds at 65 mph with weakening expected, and the Bermuda Weather Service forecast its closest approach to Bermuda within 72 hours at 805 nautical miles to the south-southeast. Watches and warnings were issued for the northeastern Caribbean islands, but no deaths were reported and damage was minimal. It was the most intense hurricane of that season.

Formed (UTC)

2011-09-20

Dissipated (UTC)

2011-10-04

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

none reported

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2011263N12323

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic hurricane, 2011 season, bermuda, caribbean, cape verde

Coordinates: 31.27282924438677, -62.785434151122644

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2008 to 2016 seasons

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