Hurricane Kenna was the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Eastern Pacific basin. It formed on October 22 to the south of Mexico from a tropical wave. Kenna quickly strengthened to reach peak winds of 165 mph as a Category 5 hurricane, while located about 255 mi southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The hurricane made landfall near San Blas, Nayarit as aCategory 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph, before dissipating on October 26 over the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.
About Hurricane Kenna in brief
Hurricane Kenna was the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Eastern Pacific basin. It formed on October 22 to the south of Mexico from a tropical wave. Forecasters consistently predicted the storm to strengthen much less than it actually did. Kenna quickly strengthened to reach peak winds of 165 mph as a Category 5 hurricane, on October 25, while located about 255 mi southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The hurricane made landfall near San Blas, Nayarit as aCategory 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph, before dissipating on October 26 over the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The name ‘Kenna’ was retired from the list of Pacific hurricane names due to its effects on Mexico, which included US$101 million in damage and four deaths. The remnants of Kenna continued into the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern United States later that day, with winds estimated at 140mph. At the time, it was the third most intense Pacific hurricane to strike the west coast of Mexico. It was the sixth major hurricane of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season, and the third Category 5 storm of the season.
The worst of the hurricane’s effects occurred between San Blas in Nayar it and Puerto Vallarty in Jalisco, where over 100 people were injured and thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. It is the fourth lowest recorded pressure for a Pacific hurricane, and by six hours after reaching peak intensity, Kenna dropped to 150mph from the eye after the eye nearly dropped to nearly mbar in convective activity in 12 hours. The storm was the sixteenth tropical depression, thirteenth tropical storm, seventh hurricane, sixth major storm, and third category 5 hurricane to make landfall in Mexico during the 2002 Pacific hurricane season. It also caused $100 million in damage to Mexico, with 95% of the buildings in San Blas damaged, and hundreds of buildings destroyed along coastal areas of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco. It has also been the most intensely violent Pacific hurricane to hit Mexico, causing more than $100 million in damage.
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