WDT has Hurricane Reports available for all US landfall
hurricanes since 2000. We offer both a basic report (consisting
of wind maps and a written report) or an extensive report (consisting
of all available wind and water [tide data etc] timelines. Shape file
format data is also available for customers who choose to overlay WDT
weather data in a GIS environment.
WDT’s basic hurricane report provide a written
summary and contoured graphical depiction (map) of the maximum wind
speeds (in 10 mile per hour increments) across the hurricane areas.
The map is provided in a .pdf format. The written summary includes
tables of the maximum wind speed values from reporting stations (as
available*). As an option, the map of the maximum wind speeds can be
printed as a 2’ x 3’ poster.
Example of Hurricane Charlie Wind & Tornado Map
Click here to see the complete Hurricane Charlie Basic Report Sample
Many engineers and adjusters are being asked to determine
if wind impacted a structure prior to damage from water. WDT’s
Extensive Hurricane Report provides everything in our basic report plus
timeline wind charts (in Excel format) and graphs from each wind reporting
station – (as available). Wind reporting station sites (latitude/longitude
location) will be displayed on the map.
Water level data (height in feet) will also be provided
(again with sensor/buoy sites depicted by their latitude/longitude location).
Timeline charts (in Excel format) for water level data will be provided
as available*. Qualitative water surge information will be provided
in the written summary.
Understanding of the timelines of wind and water can
help estimate the weather event timelines.
* "As available" indicates that some reporting
stations may have ceased to report data during the storm due to sensor
damage or loss of communication from the storm event.
The most common application for WDT’s hurricane
reports is supplying data to entities tasked with helping victims of
hurricane’s to rebuild their property. Insurance carriers, reinsurance
carriers, forensic engineers (civil, mechanical, structural, etc), catastrophe
adjusters and others all rely on WDT’s hurricane reports.
