Hurricane Emily
Aug 22, 1993 to Sep 6, 1993Peak 115 mph960 mb
Hurricane Emily passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in NC. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a Category 3 on August 31, 1993.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Emily · 1993
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 2
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 18
- NC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Dare County | NC | 24.2 | Category 3 |
| Hyde County | NC | 38.0 | Category 3 |
| Carteret County | NC | 51.6 | Category 3 |
| Currituck County | NC | 58.6 | Category 3 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 61.4 | Category 3 |
| Camden County | NC | 67.2 | Category 3 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 74.4 | Category 3 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 74.6 | Category 3 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 77.3 | Category 3 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 80.4 | Category 3 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 81.0 | Category 3 |
| Washington County | NC | 81.1 | Category 3 |
| Craven County | NC | 85.4 | Category 3 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 87.7 | Category 3 |
| Northampton County | VA | 88.5 | Category 3 |
| Chowan County | NC | 90.5 | Category 3 |
| Accomack County | VA | 92.2 | Category 3 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 98.2 | Category 3 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.