Tropical Storm Opal

The name Opal has been used for twelve

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Dep ...

s worldwideone in the

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(after which it was replaced by the name ''

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'') and eleven in the Western

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. In the Atlantic: *

Hurricane Opal Hurricane Opal was a large and powerful Category 4 hurricane that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States in October 1995. The fifteenth named storm, ninth hurricane and strongest tropical cyclon ...

(1995), a Category 4 hurricane that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Opal (1945), struck Japan * Typhoon Opal (1946), struck the Philippines *

Typhoon Opal (1955) The 1955 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1955, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...

(T5526), struck Japan *

Tropical Storm Opal (1959) The 1959 Pacific typhoon season was regarded as one of the most devastating years for Pacific typhoons on record, with China, Japan and South Korea sustaining catastrophic losses. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north ...

(27W) *

Typhoon Opal (1962) Typhoon Opal was a super typhoon that struck Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan in 1962. Meteorological history An easterly wave met with a polar trough just northwest of the island of Ponape. on the afternoon of July 28. The Joint Typhoon ...

(T6210, 48W), struck Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan ( ja) *

Super Typhoon Opal (Naning) The 1964 Pacific typhoon season was the most active tropical cyclone season recorded globally, with a total of 39 tropical storms forming. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1964, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the north ...

(1964) (T6434, 51W), struck the Philippines *

Typhoon Opal (1967) The 1967 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1967, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...

(T6722, 25W) *

Tropical Storm Opal (1970) The 1970 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1970, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...

(T7024, 26W) *

Typhoon Opal (1973) The 1973 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1973, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...

(T7316, 18W) *

Tropical Storm Opal (1976) The 1976 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1976, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...

(T7625, 26W) *

Typhoon Opal (Kuring) The 1997 Pacific typhoon season was a record-breaking season featuring 11 tropical cyclones reaching super typhoon intensity, tying the record with 1965 with the most violent tropical cyclones globally. It has no official bounds; it ran year-roun ...

(1997) (T9707, 08W), struck Japan {{DEFAULTSORT:Opal Atlantic hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles