Hurricane Celia (disambiguation)
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The name Celia has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and six tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It was used in the Atlantic before the formal naming system was instituted; though it was retired following the 1970 storm, it remains on the Eastern Pacific list.
Atlantic:
Eastern Pacific:
Atlantic:
- 1970's1970 Atlantic hurricane seasonThe 1970 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1970, and lasted until November 30, 1970. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin...
Hurricane CeliaHurricane CeliaHurricane Celia was the third named tropical cyclone, the second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season. Celia began as a tropical wave which formed off the eastern coast of Africa on July 23. The wave reached the eastern Caribbean Sea on July 28 and began to...
- Formed in the Caribbean in late July, reached category 3, weakened, and restrengthened to a 125 mph storm prior to its landfall at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Eastern Pacific:
- 1980's Hurricane Celia - remained well offshore of Mexico.
- 1986's Hurricane Celia - remained well offshore of Mexico.
- 1992's Hurricane Celia - Category 4 storm that stayed well at sea.
- 1998's Tropical Storm Celia - stayed well off the coast of Mexico.
- 2004's Hurricane Celia - stayed out to sea.
- 2010's2010 Pacific hurricane seasonThe 2010 Pacific hurricane season was the least active Pacific hurricane season, in terms of the number of named storms and hurricanes, on record, due to a moderate La Niña, unlike the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which was one of the most active on record...
Hurricane CeliaHurricane Celia (2010)Hurricane Celia was a powerful, early-season Category 5 tropical cyclone that existed over the open waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean during late June 2010...
- Powerful 160 mph Category 5 hurricane that remained offshore Mexico while at peak strength.