Hurricane Charley was the first of four separate hurricanes to impact or strike Florida during 2004, along with Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, as well as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the United States.
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13 Facts About Hurricane Charley
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Hurricane Charley then continued to produce severe damage as it made landfall on the peninsula in Punta Gorda.
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Hurricane Charley was initially expected to hit further north in Tampa, and caught many Floridians off-guard due to a sudden change in the storm's track as it approached the state.
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Hurricane Charley was a compact, fast-moving storm, which limited the scope and severity of the damage.
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Hurricane Charley then began interacting with an approaching frontal boundary, becoming a tropical storm over southeastern North Carolina.
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The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane warnings for the Florida Keys and from Cape Sable to the mouth of the Suwannee River a day prior to Charley's passage through the state, while tropical storm warnings were issued elsewhere throughout Florida.
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Jim Farrell of WINK, Robert Van Winkle WBBH, Steve Jerve of WFLA in Tampa, Jim Reif of WZVN in Fort Myers, and Tom Terry of WFTV in Orlando all broke with their national news forecasts and stated at around 1500 UTC that Hurricane Charley was going to turn early, striking around Charlotte Harbor and traveling over Orlando, as would prove to be the case.
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In spite of the close approach that Hurricane Charley made on the Cayman Islands, the islands were mostly spared, and were subjected to little damage.
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In South Florida, Charley spawned several tornadoes, including a long-lived F2 that struck Clewiston, and five weak tornadoes near the point where the hurricane made landfall.
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Hurricane Charley caused considerable damage in the central and eastern parts of the state.
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Citizens in Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, and Port Orange in Southeastern Volusia County dealt with storm surge from the St Johns River and Halifax River, and Intracoastal Waterway as Hurricane Charley passed over before re-emerging into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Hurricane Charley produced one tornado in Chesapeake and one in Virginia Beach.
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Hurricane Charley later reflected on the government response to Charley:.
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