· Archived NHC bulletins
· Fran's storm track
· Estimated Rainfall
· MPEG movies
· Nexrad images
· Mid Atlantic Regional Radar images
· Satellite Snapshots
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Read the archived Advisories and Forecasts for Hurricane Fran issued by the National Hurricane Center.
See Fran's storm track along with the pressure and sustained wind speed at each position.
Radar estimated rainfall 24 hour rainfall (radar estimate) 9-6-96, 8 am ET through 9-7-96, 8 am ET. (85K)
MPEG movies! Wilmington, NC Nexrad movie (time frame of 9:06 am ET, Thursday, Sept. 5 to 12:07 am ET, Friday, Sept. 6, 1995) ~2MB in size
Mid Atlantic regional radar movie (time frame of 6 pm ET, Thursday, Sept. 5 to 5 am ET, Friday, Sept. 6, 1995) ~390K in size
Mid Atlantic Regional Radar Images
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Moderate rainbands reaching the eastern Carolinas
Fran's eye just appearing on radar
The first intense rain bands reach Wilmington, NC
Fran's eye nearing Wilmington, NC
Fran makes landfall just northeast of Wilmington
Rains beginning as far north as West Virginia
Center of Fran near Raleigh, NC
Rains finally exiting North Carolina
Torrential rains covering the Virginias
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High res. visible image: Tropical Depression Fran over West Virginia (9-6-96 5:00 pm EDT)
High res. visible image: Tropical Storm Fran over Virginia (9-6-96 9:30 am EDT)
High res. visible image: Fran about 3 hours from landfall (9-5-96 5:40 pm EDT)
High res. visible image: Fran takes aim on the Carolinas (9-5-96 12:30 pm EDT)
High res. visible image: Fran as a strong Category 3 storm (9-5-96 9:00 am EDT)
High res. visible image: Fran nearly symmetrical and intensifying (9-4-96 8:30 am EDT)
High res. visible image with shadowing around eyewall convection (9-4-96 8:30 am EDT)
High res. visible image showing deep eyewall convection (9-3-96 5:00 pm EDT)
Hurricane Fran becomes a category 2 storm (9-3-96 5:00 pm EDT)
Fran intensifying, Edouard becoming extratropical (9-3-96 9:30 am EDT)
A strengthening Fran (9-2-96 4:30 pm EDT)
Nice shot of Fran and Edouard (9-2-96 11:00 am EDT)
Edouard holding together, Fran weakening (8-30-96 5:00 pm EDT)
Edouard and Fran IR (8-29-96 2:40 pm EDT)
Edouard and Fran close-up IR (8-29-96 2:40 pm EDT)
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