Weather.com: Atlantic City one of nation's most hurricane vulnerable cities
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New Jersey is a perhaps surprisingly hurricane-prone state, but it has been decades since the last significant hurricane impact there.
A Category 1 hurricane made landfall near Atlantic City in 1903. That was the last time the center of a hurricane crossed the coast of New Jersey. The center of a hurricane does not have to cross the coast to have significant impacts, however. Numerous other hurricanes since then have moved parallel to the Jersey Shore, producing some significant impacts from storm surge, waves, and strong winds.
*Note: This story ran last fall - but now looks prescient.
A Category 1 hurricane made landfall near Atlantic City in 1903. That was the last time the center of a hurricane crossed the coast of New Jersey. The center of a hurricane does not have to cross the coast to have significant impacts, however. Numerous other hurricanes since then have moved parallel to the Jersey Shore, producing some significant impacts from storm surge, waves, and strong winds.
*Note: This story ran last fall - but now looks prescient.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 8/26/2011 3:30 PM 
Categories: Climate
Tags: atlantic city hurricane irene new jersey hurricane
Categories: Climate
Tags: atlantic city hurricane irene new jersey hurricane
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