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background-color: #ddd;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Meteorological history</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">September 21, 1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical</a></th><td class="infobox-data">September 29, 1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissipated</th><td class="infobox-data">October 4, 1958</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1160504542"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #FF738A"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Category 4 major hurricane</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>1-minute sustained</i> (<a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">SSHWS</a>/<a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">NWS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest winds</th><td class="infobox-data">150 mph (240 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest pressure</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">930 <a href="/wiki/Bar_(unit)" title="Bar (unit)">mbar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">hPa</a>); 27.46 <a href="/wiki/Inch_of_mercury" title="Inch of mercury">inHg</a></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="background-color: #00000022; color: inherit;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Overall effects</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Damage</th><td class="infobox-data">$11.4 million (1958 <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">USD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_East_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="United States East Coast">United States East Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r00-1958264N17308">IBTrACS</a><span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3303202#P4540" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr />Part of the <b><a href="/wiki/1958_Atlantic_hurricane_season" title="1958 Atlantic hurricane season">1958 Atlantic hurricane season</a></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Hurricane Helene</b> was the most intense <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclone</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1958_Atlantic_hurricane_season" title="1958 Atlantic hurricane season">1958 Atlantic hurricane season</a>. The eighth <a href="/wiki/Tropical_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical storm">tropical storm</a> and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_wave" title="Tropical wave">tropical wave</a> east of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> . Moving steadily westward, the storm slowly intensified, attaining hurricane strength on September 26. As conditions became increasingly favorable for tropical cyclone development, Helene began to <a href="/wiki/Rapid_deepening" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid deepening">rapidly intensify</a>. Nearing the <a href="/wiki/United_States_East_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="United States East Coast">United States East Coast</a>, the hurricane quickly attained <a href="/wiki/Category_4_hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Category 4 hurricane">Category 4</a> intensity on September 26, before it subsequently reached its peak intensity with <a href="/wiki/Maximum_sustained_wind" title="Maximum sustained wind">maximum sustained winds</a> of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum <a href="/wiki/Barometric_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Barometric pressure">barometric pressure</a> of 930 mbar (930 hPa; 27 inHg). The intense hurricane came within 10 mi (16 km) of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(headland)" title="Cape Fear (headland)">Cape Fear, North Carolina</a> before recurving out to sea. Accelerating Helene gradually weakened, and transitioned into an <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">extratropical cyclone</a> as it passed over <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" title="Newfoundland (island)">Newfoundland</a> on September 29. Helene's extratropical remnants traversed eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean before dissipating near <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> on October 4. </p><p>Despite not making <a href="/wiki/Landfall" title="Landfall">landfall</a> on <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, its close proximity to land caused extensive damage across the US East Coast. Strong winds resulted in widespread <a href="/wiki/Power_outage" title="Power outage">power outages</a>, cutting <a href="/wiki/Telecommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunication">telecommunications</a> along the coast. A <a href="/wiki/Weather_station" title="Weather station">weather station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington, North Carolina</a> reported a wind gust of 135 mph (217 km/h), setting a new record for fastest wind gust reported there. Though mostly concentrated in North Carolina, rainfall was widespread, reaching as far north as <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>. In the United States, damages reached $11.2 million and there was one indirect death. After impacting the US, Helene produced strong winds and heavy rain across much of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a> on <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, the storm was considered the worst in at least 21 years. Power outages cut most communications from the island to the mainland, and property damage in <a href="/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia" title="Sydney, Nova Scotia">Sydney, Nova Scotia</a> totaled to <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">C</a>$100,000. At Helene's landfall in Newfoundland, strong gusts peaking at 82 mph (132 km/h) in <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Argentia" title="Naval Station Argentia">Naval Station Argentia</a> were reported, and loss of power severed communications. Damage across there totaled to at least C$100,000. Total damages associated with Helene in the United States and Canada amounted to $11.4 million, making Helene the costliest storm of the season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meteorological_history">Meteorological history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Meteorological history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helene_1958_track.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Path of a tropical cyclone on a map, with colored dots representing the storm's position and intensity in six-hour intervals. The track begins and bottom-center, moves towards left-center, and then moves back right to the upper-right corner." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Helene_1958_track.png/275px-Helene_1958_track.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Helene_1958_track.png/413px-Helene_1958_track.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Helene_1958_track.png/550px-Helene_1958_track.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1854" /></a><figcaption>Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Map key</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 51em; width: 100%"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">Saffir–Simpson scale</a></b></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6EC1EA; color:black;"> </span> Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4DFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFCC; color:black;"> </span> Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE775; color:black;"> </span> Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC140; color:black;"> </span> Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF8F20; color:black;"> </span> Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF6060; color:black;"> </span> Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;"> </span> Unknown </div> </div> <div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 20em; width: 100%;"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Storm type</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="circle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/18px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/27px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/36px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">Tropical cyclone</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="square" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/18px-Solid_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/27px-Solid_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/36px-Solid_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone" title="Subtropical cyclone">Subtropical cyclone</a></div> <div><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="triangle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/18px-ArrowUp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/27px-ArrowUp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/36px-ArrowUp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical cyclone</a>, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression</div> </div></div></div></figcaption></figure> <p>The origins of Hurricane Helene can be traced back to an <a href="/wiki/Tropical_wave" title="Tropical wave">easterly wave</a> that formed near <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> on September 16.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moving towards the west due to <a href="/wiki/Trade_wind" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade wind">trade winds</a> associated with the <a href="/wiki/Hadley_cell" title="Hadley cell">Hadley cell</a>, the disturbance gradually intensified.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 20, ships in the system's vicinity reported widespread shower activity and generally low <a href="/wiki/Barometric_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Barometric pressure">barometric pressures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early the following day, a <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hunters" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Hunters">reconnaissance flight</a> reported evidence of a weak circulation,<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with gusts of 35 mph (56 km/h) in heavy <a href="/wiki/Squall" title="Squall">squalls</a> surrounding the circulation center. At 0200 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a> later that day, the <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">United States Weather Bureau</a> office in <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan, Puerto Rico</a> began issuing bulletins on the system for public interests.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/HURDAT" title="HURDAT">HURDAT</a>, the tropical wave was first classified as a tropical depression at 0600 UTC on September 21, well east of the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a>. At the time, the depression had <a href="/wiki/Maximum_sustained_wind" title="Maximum sustained wind">maximum sustained winds</a> of 30 mph (48 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moving on a west-northwest track at roughly 20 mph (32 km/h) early on September 22, the storm initially changed little in intensity. However, a large <a href="/wiki/Anticyclone#Upper_tropospheric_systems" title="Anticyclone">upper tropospheric anticyclone</a> developed over the southern Atlantic coast, producing the favorable wind shear needed for <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclone</a> development.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second reconnaissance flight reported an intensified tropical cyclone, indicating that the storm system had reached <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone#Tropical_storm" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical storm strength</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 0000 UTC on September 23, the depression attained tropical storm strength, with maximum winds of 40 mph (64 km/h) and a central minimum pressure of 1,013 mbar (1,013 hPa; 29.9 inHg).<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The US Weather Bureau issued their first advisory on the newly developed tropical storm at 1600 UTC later that day, giving the storm the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming" title="Tropical cyclone naming">name</a> <i>Helene</i>. Despite the storm's poor organization, Helene gradually intensified in favorable conditions generated by the large anticyclone.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the day, a second anticyclone moved eastward until it was situated off of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic states">Mid-Atlantic states</a>, while a mean <a href="/wiki/Trough_(meteorology)" title="Trough (meteorology)">trough</a> in the lower levels of the atmosphere became situated over the <a href="/wiki/United_States_East_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="United States East Coast">United States East Coast</a>. This would set up a path for Helene to pass very close to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tropical storm attained <a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale">hurricane</a> intensity by 2200 UTC on 2200 UTC on September 24, while located 425 mi (684 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pierce,_Florida" title="Fort Pierce, Florida">Fort Pierce, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in post-season analysis, it was found that Helene reached hurricane intensity earlier that day, by 1200 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, <a href="/wiki/Beaufort_scale" title="Beaufort scale">gale-force</a> winds extended up to 220 mi (350 km) out from the storm's center of circulation.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hurricane steadily strengthened as it moved towards the northwest around the western periphery of the <a href="/wiki/Azores_High" title="Azores High">Azores High</a> on September 25. Encountering the anticyclone situated off of the Mid-Atlantic states, Helene began to curve slightly towards the west. The lack of strong steering currents in the storm's vicinity caused the hurricane to move very slowly throughout the day, giving the hurricane time to significantly intensify.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 0000 UTC on September 26, Helene strengthened to the equivalent of a modern-day <a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale">Category 2 hurricane</a>, with a minimum pressure of 980 mbar (980 hPa; 29 inHg).<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moving slowly towards <a href="/wiki/The_Carolinas" class="mw-redirect" title="The Carolinas">The Carolinas</a>, the hurricane <a href="/wiki/Rapidly_intensified" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapidly intensified">rapidly intensified</a>. A recon flight reported a minimum pressure of 948 mbar (948 hPa; 28.0 inHg), a drop of 40 mbar (40 hPa; 1.2 inHg) from the previous day.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the hurricane neared the coast, its <a href="/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)" title="Eye (cyclone)">eye</a> became apparent on coastal long-range <a href="/wiki/WSR-57" title="WSR-57">WSR-57</a> <a href="/wiki/Weather_radar" title="Weather radar">weather radar</a> images.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1800 UTC on September 26, Helene strengthened to a <a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale">Category 3 hurricane</a> and then to a <a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale">Category 4 hurricane</a> the following day. The major hurricane continued to strengthen before reaching its peak intensity on September 27 with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h). However, Helene's lowest barometric pressure of 930 mbar (930 hPa; 27 inHg) was recorded earlier during the day.<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Still moving northwestward due to the influence of the Azores High, the hurricane came within 10 mi (16 km) of the US East Coast before recurving towards the northeast out to sea.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Helene recurved and accelerated towards more northerly <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitudes</a>, it steadily weakened. By 1200 UTC on September 28, Helene was no longer a major hurricane.<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hurricane's wind field also expanded from the storm's center as it weakened.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By midday on September 29, Helene had weakened to minimal hurricane strength, and later transitioned into an <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">extratropical cyclone</a> by 1800 UTC that day, though it still maintained <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane force">hurricane-force</a> winds.<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At roughly the same time, Helene passed over <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" title="Newfoundland (island)">Newfoundland</a>, with gale-force winds having expanded 500 mi (800 km) from the system's center, coinciding with the US Weather Bureau's final advisory on the system.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helene's extratropical remnants continued eastward across the Atlantic, becoming a dominant <a href="/wiki/Synoptic_scale_meteorology" title="Synoptic scale meteorology">synoptic</a> feature,<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before entirely dissipating by 0600 UTC on October 4 just west of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HURDAT_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HURDAT-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparations">Preparations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preparations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helenepath.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Drawn map showing a portion of a hurricane's path closest to the coast. Cities are labeled, and measurements of storm surge in certain places are shown." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Helenepath.JPG/250px-Helenepath.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Helenepath.JPG/375px-Helenepath.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Helenepath.JPG/500px-Helenepath.JPG 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>Path of Helene near the Carolinas</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon the storm's formation, the Weather Bureau cautioned ships in Helene's path of the impending conditions, and did so throughout the storm's duration. As the storm moved west on September 23, advisories specified for small craft in northern islands of <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a> to remain in "protected places." After Helene was forecast to remain north of the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>, notifications were lifted except for small craft along the coast of the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_States" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic States">South Atlantic States</a>. Nearing the US East Coast, the Weather Bureau began to issue special bulletins for press radio and <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television stations</a> early on September 24. At the same time, small craft were warned of the storm from The Carolinas southward. The following day, the <a href="/wiki/Weather_forecast_office" class="mw-redirect" title="Weather forecast office">weather forecast office</a> (WFO) in Charleston, South Carolina began to issue local statements regarding the hurricane, while small craft alerts were shifted northward to coastal regions between <a href="/wiki/Cape_Hatteras" title="Cape Hatteras">Cape Hatteras, North Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida" title="Daytona Beach, Florida">Daytona Beach, Florida</a>. The first <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane watch">hurricane watch</a> was issued on 1000 UTC on September 26 for the entirety of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgian</a> coast to Charleston, South Carolina. A <a href="/wiki/Gale_warning" title="Gale warning">gale warning</a> was posted at the same time for coastal areas from Daytona Beach, Florida to Wilmington, North Carolina. Small craft alerts continued to shift northwards along with Helene.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the storm began to quickly intensify on September 27, areas of the watch from <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Fear, North Carolina">Cape Fear, North Carolina</a> were upgraded to a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_warnings_and_watches" title="Tropical cyclone warnings and watches">hurricane emergency area</a> at 1600 UTC. Affected communities were advised to begin precautionary measures immediately and evacuate. Shipping and small craft were told to exercise "extreme caution." Gale warnings were changed to warn areas between <a href="/wiki/Fernandina,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Fernandina, Florida">Fernandina, Florida</a> to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The heightened warnings caused WFOs to issue local bulletins regarding the impending hurricane. At the time, the Weather Bureau projected Helene to make landfall in South Carolina. These landfall forecasts shifted further north along the coast over time, before they were stopped after Helene recurved away from the coast entirely. At 0400 UTC on September 27, hurricane warnings were extended to include areas between Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Gale warning issuance reflected the changes and were too shifted northwards to the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Capes" title="Virginia Capes">Virginia Capes</a> area, while hurricane watches covered both warning areas. At 1600 UTC later that day, hurricane emergency and gale warnings were extended north to <a href="/wiki/Manteo,_North_Carolina" title="Manteo, North Carolina">Manteo, North Carolina</a>, while hurricane watches were continued for coastal regions from Savannah, Georgia to <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach, South Carolina</a>. After Helene began recurving away from the coast, all warnings south of Wilmington, North Carolina were discontinued at 2200 UTC on September 27. As Helene passed certain areas, warnings were discontinued upon the storm's passage. At 1000 UTC the next day, all onshore hurricane warnings were either downgraded to gale warnings or discontinued. However, offshore gale warnings were still issued for oceanic regions from the Virginia Capes to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Cod, Massachusetts">Cape Cod, Massachusetts</a>. Shortly after, all warnings, with the exception of the offshore gale warnings, were discontinued. Remaining warnings lasted until 2200 UTC on September 28. Despite not issuing any warnings, the Weather Bureau cautioned interests in Newfoundland, and forecasted hurricane-force winds to effect the island.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the potential impacts from Helene, the Weather Bureau began to advise prompt <a href="/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" title="Emergency evacuation">emergency evacuation</a> in their advisories. Areas between <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort, South Carolina">Beaufort, South Carolina</a> and Cape Fear, North Carolina were urged to begin evacuation procedures immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Red_Cross" title="American Red Cross">American Red Cross</a> sent ten field staff warnings to locations in Georgia and South Carolina in order to assist in setting up <a href="/wiki/Emergency_shelter" title="Emergency shelter">emergency shelters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EvacuationUrged_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EvacuationUrged-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Cross held 27 hurricane preparation conferences to plan preparation procedures. Other <a href="/wiki/United_States_civil_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="United States civil defense">civil defense</a> organizations also mobilized hurricane preparation staff and equipment. The Weather Bureau sent a mobile weather station to Charleston, South Carolina in order to monitor weather conditions and alert surrounding populations with <a href="/wiki/Short-range_device" title="Short-range device">short-range radio</a> equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-WarningSounds_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WarningSounds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beaches on North Carolina's coast, including Wrightsville Beach and <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Carolina Beach, North Carolina">Carolina Beach</a>, were completely evacuated during the night of September 27.<sup id="cite_ref-Zip_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zip-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ClimatologicalData_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClimatologicalData-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Wilmington, North Carolina, 100 members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="National Guard of the United States">United States National Guard</a> were dispatched to monitor waterfront property, while 60 others were kept on standby. Civilian vehicles attempting to enter <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach, South Carolina</a> were sent back by highway patrol 15 mi (24 km) outside the city borders, following an order issued by <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">Governor of South Carolina</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Bell_Timmerman,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="George Bell Timmerman, Jr.">George Bell Timmerman, Jr.</a> The order was issued to minimize casualties and prevent <a href="/wiki/Looting" title="Looting">looting</a>. Approximately 100 members of the National Guard and local police were kept to patrol the beach. Despite repeated orders for mandatory evacuation, a few people remained in Myrtle Beach. Civil Defense authorities forcibly evacuated stragglers, but others were permitted to remain.<sup id="cite_ref-Howler_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howler-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_and_aftermath">Impact and aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Impact and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_East_Coast">United States East Coast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United States East Coast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helene_1958_rainfall.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A contoured map of rainfall totals overlaid on a black map with white borderlines. Each tier of contour is shaded in a progressively redder color to denote higher rainfall totals." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Helene_1958_rainfall.gif/220px-Helene_1958_rainfall.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Helene_1958_rainfall.gif/330px-Helene_1958_rainfall.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Helene_1958_rainfall.gif/440px-Helene_1958_rainfall.gif 2x" data-file-width="766" data-file-height="913" /></a><figcaption>Rainfall totals in the United States</figcaption></figure> <p>Despite not making landfall, Helene's close proximity to the United States resulted in impacts along the East Coast. Impacts were most severe in North Carolina, where the hurricane made its closest approach.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wind impacts were felt primarily from South Carolina to Virginia,<sup id="cite_ref-ClimatologicalData_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClimatologicalData-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though a frontal zone aided in bringing precipitation as far north as Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-wpc_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpc-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, Helene caused $11.2 million in damages and one indirect fatality.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_Carolina">North Carolina</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: North Carolina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roughly paralleling the North Carolina coast beginning on September 26, Helene's slow movement and strong intensity resulted in moderate to heavy impacts in coastal areas of the state. Despite the hurricane's Category 4 hurricane intensity, due to its closest approach to land remaining offshore, its <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> remained less than initially forecast. The hurricane's track also placed its strongest storm surge in the eastern hemisphere of the storm, away from any landmasses. Surge heights peaked at 6 ft (1.8 m) near <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Cherry_Point" title="Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point">Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>, Helene produced <a href="/wiki/Swell_(ocean)" title="Swell (ocean)">ocean swells</a> at the coast 2.5 – 3 times per minute, indicative of a strong hurricane.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There, the cumulative sea level was roughly 9 ft (2.7 m) above normal.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as a result of the storm striking at <a href="/wiki/Low_tide" class="mw-redirect" title="Low tide">low tide</a>, damage caused by storm surge was mostly mitigated.<sup id="cite_ref-CleanUp_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CleanUp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, <a href="/wiki/Sand_dune" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand dune">sand dunes</a> in southern areas of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Fisher" title="Fort Fisher">Fort Fisher</a>, were mostly destroyed by waves. On <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Island_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedar Island (North Carolina)">Cedar Island</a>, strong winds produced by the hurricane pushed waves inland, inundating homes. Elsewhere, minor <a href="/wiki/Beach_erosion" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach erosion">beach erosion</a> occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-ClimatologicalData_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClimatologicalData-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further inland, several weather stations reported hurricane-force winds. The Weather Bureau office in Wilmington, North Carolina, reported maximum sustained winds of 88 mph (142 km/h) and a peak gust of 135 mph (217 km/h), exceeding the previous record for fastest measured wind speed of 98 mph (158 km/h) set during <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel" title="Hurricane Hazel">Hurricane Hazel</a> in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Beach_resort" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach resort">Beach resorts</a> there were heavily damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-HCWilmington_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCWilmington-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Wrightsville_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina">Wrightsville Beach</a>, located 10 mi (16 km) of Wilmington, 12 houses were flattened by the hurricane.<sup id="cite_ref-RipsAreas_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipsAreas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damage to homes there were estimated by police to cost $300,000,<sup id="cite_ref-Gouges_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gouges-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and extensive damage to the water system was reported. In <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Long Beach, North Carolina">Long Beach</a>, damage was less severe, with only minor property damage. Waves pushing past sand dunes caused cracks in seaside roads. Though surveys made no damage estimates, damage in <a href="/wiki/Holden_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Holden Beach, North Carolina">Holden Beach</a> was reported to have been worse than in Long Beach. A 300 ft (91 m) pier and a pavilion in <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Isle_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina">Ocean Isle Beach</a> were destroyed. In <a href="/wiki/Topsail_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Topsail Beach, North Carolina">Topsail Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kure_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Kure Beach, North Carolina">Kure Beach</a>, several homes and businesses were either unroofed or destroyed. <a href="/wiki/Yaupon_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Yaupon Beach, North Carolina">Yaupon Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shallotte,_North_Carolina" title="Shallotte, North Carolina">Shallotte</a> also had similar reports of unroofed homes. Two homes on <a href="/wiki/Topsail_Island" title="Topsail Island">Topsail Island</a> were demolished, and extensive property damage was reported in <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Atlantic Beach, North Carolina">Atlantic Beach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SurveyCourier_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SurveyCourier-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(headland)" title="Cape Fear (headland)">Cape Fear</a>, winds were estimated at 125 mph (201 km/h), with gusts as high as 160 mph (260 km/h), well into Category 3 intensity.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The powerful winds forced power to be cut off in Wilmington as a precautionary measure.<sup id="cite_ref-RipsAreas_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipsAreas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, 7,000 telephones were knocked out of service. Damage to the Southern Bell Telephone Company's offices cost $150,000.<sup id="cite_ref-InMillions_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InMillions-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total damages in the city was estimated to cost nearly $2 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Thrashes_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thrashes-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_North_Carolina" title="Morehead City, North Carolina">Morehead City</a>, a roof was blown from a <a href="/wiki/Yacht" title="Yacht">yacht</a> shed and multiple structures. Long-distance telephone services were also cut off.<sup id="cite_ref-SurveyCourier_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SurveyCourier-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Off the coast on <a href="/wiki/Ocracoke,_North_Carolina" title="Ocracoke, North Carolina">Ocracoke Island</a>, power and communications failed during the storm after the island was battered by winds of 60 mph (97 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-Gouges_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gouges-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135Carolina_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135Carolina-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Power outages were commonplace in other areas as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Gouges_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gouges-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Southport,_North_Carolina" title="Southport, North Carolina">Southport</a>, metal debris was scattered across city streets, and the damage there was described as worse than Hurricane Hazel. Half of its <a href="/wiki/Pier" title="Pier">pier</a> was swept away by the rough seas, and other buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damage. Numerous trees, including <a href="/wiki/Live_oak" title="Live oak">live oak</a>, were uprooted by the winds.<sup id="cite_ref-RipsAreas_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipsAreas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> provided the port with a temporary <a href="/wiki/Electrical_generator" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical generator">electrical generator</a>, which provided power for water pumps and light.<sup id="cite_ref-SurveyCourier_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SurveyCourier-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Cape_Hatteras" title="Cape Hatteras">Cape Hatteras</a>, Helene caused an estimated $1 million in damages.<sup id="cite_ref-Gouges_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gouges-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although damage to infrastructure tapered off 10 mi (16 km) from the coast, <a href="/wiki/Crop" title="Crop">crop</a> damage was observed 40 mi (64 km) inland. <a href="/wiki/Corn" class="mw-redirect" title="Corn">Corn</a> was the crop most affected by Helene.<sup id="cite_ref-ClimatologicalData_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClimatologicalData-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rainfall associated with Helene was primarily concentrated in coastal regions North Carolina, peaking at 8.29 in (211 mm) in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_International_Airport" title="Wilmington International Airport">Wilmington International Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wpc_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpc-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Hatteras,_North_Carolina" title="Hatteras, North Carolina">Hatteras</a>, 4.85 in (123 mm) of rain was measured.<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rainfall totals of at least 3 in (76 mm) were commonplace elsewhere along the North Carolina coast.<sup id="cite_ref-wpc_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpc-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An indirect death occurred when a car skidded off a flooded highway, killing the driver.<sup id="cite_ref-Praise_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Praise-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the state, damages from Helene amounted to $11 million.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Carolina">South Carolina</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: South Carolina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Effects from Helene in South Carolina were less severe than in North Carolina. Helene made its closest approach to the state on September 27, 85 mi (137 km).<sup id="cite_ref-CHS27_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHS27-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>, sustained winds reached 63 mph (101 km/h) and there was minor damage reported<sup id="cite_ref-Preliminary_Report_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preliminary_Report-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trees and street signs were blown down, and beach houses suffered shingle damage. Sporadic and small <a href="/wiki/Power_outage" title="Power outage">power outages</a> occurred throughout the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Veering_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Veering-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damage became progressively worse from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown, South Carolina">Georgetown</a> to <a href="/wiki/Little_River,_South_Carolina" title="Little River, South Carolina">Little River</a>, with automobile accidents, torn roofs, and damaged piers.<sup id="cite_ref-CHS27_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHS27-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Harbor_Island,_South_Carolina" title="Harbor Island, South Carolina">Harbor Island</a>, 50 percent of structure were reported to have roof damage, causing and estimated $125,000 in damages.<sup id="cite_ref-SurveyCourier_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SurveyCourier-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elsewhere along the South Carolina coast, <a href="/wiki/Beach_erosion" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach erosion">beach erosion</a> occurred due to the strong waves, and sections of pier were swept into sea.<sup id="cite_ref-RipsAreas_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipsAreas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/North_Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Windy Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Grove_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Cherry Grove Beach, South Carolina">Cherry Grove Beach</a>, three fishing piers were damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-SurveyCourier_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SurveyCourier-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damage was minor in <a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach</a>, and was limited to roof and window damage.<sup id="cite_ref-RipsAreas_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipsAreas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further inland, in <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a>, damage was minimal, with no rainfall reported. Light damage to crops was reported inland, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_South_Carolina" title="Marion County, South Carolina">Marion County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HeleneTCR_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeleneTCR-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Across the state, damages were estimated at $200,000 from the hurricane, though this did not include beach erosion or damage to sand dunes.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CHS_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHS-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Elsewhere_in_the_United_States">Elsewhere in the United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elsewhere in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of Helene recurving away from the United States East Coast, damage in the United States outside of the Carolinas was less severe.<sup id="cite_ref-MWR_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MWR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, damage was relatively minor. A peak gust of 56 mph (90 km/h) was reported in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Roads, Virginia">Hampton Roads</a>, damage was minor, and was confined to downed utility wires and marginal infrastructural damage.<sup id="cite_ref-ClimatologicalData_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClimatologicalData-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although rainfall was primarily concentrated in the Carolinas, 1,434 official <a href="/wiki/Rain_gauge" title="Rain gauge">rain gauges</a> measured precipitation in coastal areas from South Carolina to <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>. Precipitation was further increased by a frontal zone to the hurricane's north.<sup id="cite_ref-wpc_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wpc-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic States">Mid-Atlantic States</a>, rainfall peaked at 5.29 in (134 mm) in <a href="/wiki/Myerstown,_Pennsylvania" title="Myerstown, Pennsylvania">Myerstown, Pennsylvania</a>. Outside of Pennsylvania or the Carolinas, no weather station reported rainfall exceeding 5 in (130 mm).<sup id="cite_ref-Mid_Atl_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mid_Atl-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> region, rainfall peaked at 4.11 in (104 mm) in <a href="/wiki/Hyannis,_Massachusetts" title="Hyannis, Massachusetts">Hyannis, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Eng_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Eng-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elsewhere in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, rainfall totals ranging from 1–4 in (25–102 mm) caused minor flooding and road <a href="/wiki/Washout_(erosion)" title="Washout (erosion)">washouts</a>. The minor floods led to several <a href="/wiki/Automotive_accident" class="mw-redirect" title="Automotive accident">automotive accidents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ClimatologicalData_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClimatologicalData-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other states in New England reported rainfall peaks of at least 1 in (25 mm), with the lowest peak occurring at a weather station in <a href="/wiki/Machias,_Maine" title="Machias, Maine">Machias, Maine</a>, which reported 1.16 in (29 mm) of rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Eng_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Eng-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlantic_Canada">Atlantic Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Atlantic Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Contour map of rainfall overlaid on a white, outlined map. The contours are unfilled and are lined in purple. The track of the storm producing the rainfall is shown in black, and red markers denote peak rainfall measurements in various places." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png/220px-Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png/330px-Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png/440px-Hurricane_Helene_Rainfall_28-30_September_1958.png 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="967" /></a><figcaption>Map of rainfall in Atlantic Canada</figcaption></figure> <p>As Helene approached <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a> in the process of transitioning into an extratropical storm, it produced heavy rainfall and strong winds along the region. Passing just east of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> on September 29, Helene dropped at least 1 in (25 mm) across the entire <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of Canada">province</a>, peaking at 3.48 in (88 mm) in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHeleneRainfall_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHeleneRainfall-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gusts peaked at 50 mph (80 km/h) across <a href="/wiki/Cabot_Strait" title="Cabot Strait">Cabot Strait</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 70 mph (110 km/h) at <a href="/wiki/CFB_Shearwater" class="mw-redirect" title="CFB Shearwater">CFB Shearwater</a><sup id="cite_ref-Fringe_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fringe-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 60 mph (97 km/h) at <a href="/wiki/Summerside,_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Summerside, Prince Edward Island">Summerside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rips_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rips-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The storm damaged power lines on the island but they were quickly repaired.<sup id="cite_ref-NFLD_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFLD-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The strong winds uprooted trees in the <a href="/wiki/Halifax_(former_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax (former city)">Halifax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia" title="Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Dartmouth, Nova Scotia</a> area. In Nova Scotia, Helene's worst effects were felt in Cape Breton Island, where the storm was considered the worst in at least 21 years. Only one communication line from the island to the mainland was effective after the storm passed.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous downed power lines resulted in minor fires,<sup id="cite_ref-Sideswipe_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sideswipe-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and schools were closed throughout the island.<sup id="cite_ref-80_mph_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80_mph-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia" title="Sydney, Nova Scotia">Sydney, Nova Scotia</a>, there was considerable property damage, and as many as 700 people <a href="/wiki/Power_outage" title="Power outage">lost power</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lack of sufficient electricity forced the suspension of publications of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Post" title="Cape Breton Post">Cape Breton Post</a> and disrupted normal restaurant cooking procedures.<sup id="cite_ref-Merge_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merge-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damages in the community amounted to <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">C</a>$100,000. Offshore, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> <a href="/wiki/Cutter_(boat)" title="Cutter (boat)">cutter</a> <i>Fort Walsh</i>, measuring 115 ft (35 m) in length, was washed ashore on the coast of <a href="/wiki/Scatarie_Island" title="Scatarie Island">Scatarie Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NFLD_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFLD-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fishing <a href="/wiki/Wharf" title="Wharf">wharf</a> in <a href="/wiki/Caribou,_Nova_Scotia" title="Caribou, Nova Scotia">Caribou, Nova Scotia</a> was destroyed by rough seas generated by Helene, and at least 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Lobster_trap" title="Lobster trap">lobster traps</a> were carried into the <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Strait" title="Northumberland Strait">Northumberland Strait</a> as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-Dan_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dan-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, the hurricane's impacts were relatively minor, and rainfall peaked at 1.56 in (40 mm).<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fringe_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fringe-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quickly accelerating northwards, Helene made <a href="/wiki/Landfall" title="Landfall">landfall</a> on Newfoundland late on September 29.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rainfall peaked at 3.05 in (77 mm) in northern parts of the island, while rainfall amounts were generally minimal across the <a href="/wiki/Avalon_Peninsula" title="Avalon Peninsula">Avalon Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHeleneRainfall_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHeleneRainfall-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A weather station in <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Argentia" title="Naval Station Argentia">Naval Station Argentia</a> reported maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) and a gust of 82 mph (132 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winds severed communications in southwestern Newfoundland and cut communications in <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador">St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador</a> from the mainland.<sup id="cite_ref-NFLD_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFLD-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bell_Island_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador)" title="Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)">Bell Island</a> was cut off from the rest of Newfoundland due to rough seas generated by Helene, which resulted in the destruction of piers and lack of boat service. Damage caused by the hurricane on the island were estimated to be in excess of C$100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-ECHelene_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHelene-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the storm, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">Governor of North Carolina</a> <a href="/wiki/Luther_H._Hodges" title="Luther H. Hodges">Luther H. Hodges</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from North Carolina">United States Senator from North Carolina</a> <a href="/wiki/B._Everett_Jordan" title="B. Everett Jordan">B. Everett Jordan</a> requested a disaster declaration for the state. <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> designated portions of North Carolina impacted by the storm as a disaster area.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/American_Red_Cross" title="American Red Cross">American Red Cross</a>, at least 5,000 people were kept in shelters after Helene.<sup id="cite_ref-InMillions_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InMillions-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the large-scale evacuation procedures and resulting low loss of life after the storm, the Weather Bureau recommended that certain organizations be awarded the Outstanding Service to the Public certificate due to their cooperation with the Weather Bureau during the hurricane's duration. The recommended recipients were the radio stations <a href="/wiki/WPTF" title="WPTF">WPTF</a> and <a href="/wiki/WRAL_(FM)" title="WRAL (FM)">WRAL</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Highway_Patrol" title="North Carolina State Highway Patrol">North Carolina State Highway Patrol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OutstandingService_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OutstandingService-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Helene_(1958)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_Tampa_Bay_hurricane" title="1921 Tampa Bay hurricane">"Tampa Bay"</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Nassau_hurricane" title="1926 Nassau hurricane">"Nassau"</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four" title="1926 Atlantic hurricane season">Four</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Miami_hurricane" title="1926 Miami hurricane">"Miami"</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Havana%E2%80%93Bermuda_hurricane" title="1926 Havana–Bermuda hurricane">"Havana–Bermuda"</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Bahamas_hurricane" title="1929 Bahamas hurricane">"Bahamas"</a> (1929)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_San_Zen%C3%B3n_hurricane" title="1930 San Zenón hurricane">"San Zenón"</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_British_Honduras_hurricane" title="1931 British Honduras hurricane">"British Honduras"</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Freeport_hurricane" title="1932 Freeport hurricane">"Freeport"</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_San_Cipri%C3%A1n_hurricane" title="1932 San Ciprián hurricane">"San Ciprián"</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Chesapeake%E2%80%93Potomac_hurricane" title="1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane">1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Treasure_Coast_hurricane" title="1933 Treasure Coast hurricane">"Treasure Coast"</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Outer_Banks_hurricane" title="1933 Outer Banks hurricane">"Outer Banks"</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two" title="1935 Atlantic hurricane season">Two</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Cuba_hurricane" title="1935 Cuba hurricane">"Cuba"</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Five" title="1939 Atlantic hurricane season">Five</a> (1939)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four" title="1941 Atlantic hurricane season">"Nicaragua"</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three" title="1943 Atlantic hurricane season">Three</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Cuba%E2%80%93Florida_hurricane" title="1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane">"Cuba–Florida"</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Homestead_hurricane" title="1945 Homestead hurricane">"Homestead"</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Fort_Lauderdale_hurricane" title="1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane">George</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Bermuda%E2%80%93Newfoundland_hurricane" title="1948 Bermuda–Newfoundland hurricane">Dog</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_1948_Florida_hurricane" title="September 1948 Florida hurricane">Easy</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Florida_hurricane" title="1949 Florida hurricane">"Florida"</a> (1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1950–present" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1950–present</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Dog_(1950)" title="Hurricane Dog (1950)">Dog</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Fox_(1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Fox (1950)">Fox</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_King" title="Hurricane King">King</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Charlie_(1951)" title="Hurricane Charlie (1951)">Charlie</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Easy_(1951)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Easy (1951)">Easy</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Fox_(1952)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Fox (1952)">Fox</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel" title="Hurricane Hazel">Hazel</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Connie" title="Hurricane Connie">Connie</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ione" title="Hurricane Ione">Ione</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carrie" title="Hurricane Carrie">Carrie</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Cleo_(1958)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Cleo (1958)">Cleo</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Daisy_(1958)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Daisy (1958)">Daisy</a> (1958)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Helene</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Gracie" title="Hurricane Gracie">Gracie</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Donna" title="Hurricane Donna">Donna</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Betsy_(1961)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Betsy (1961)">Betsy</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carla" title="Hurricane Carla">Carla</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Frances_(1961)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane Frances (1961)">Frances</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Flora" title="Hurricane Flora">Flora</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Cleo" title="Hurricane Cleo">Cleo</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Dora_(1964)" title="Hurricane Dora (1964)">Dora</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Gladys_(1964)" title="Hurricane Gladys (1964)">Gladys</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hilda" title="Hurricane Hilda">Hilda</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Betsy" title="Hurricane Betsy">Betsy</a> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Celia" title="Hurricane Celia">Celia</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Carmen" title="Hurricane Carmen">Carmen</a> (1974)</li> <li><a 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