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The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active year in which nineteen named storms formed, tying it with the seasons of 1887, 2010, 2011, and 2012 for the third most active hurricane season on record. The season officially began on June 1, with the first tropical cyclone, Hurricane Allison, forming just the next day. The season ended on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin. The season's last storm, Hurricane Tanya, dissipated on November 3.
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The season produced twenty-one tropical cyclones, of which nineteen intensified into tropical storms, eleven became hurricanes, and five became major hurricanes. The three most notable storms during the season were hurricanes Luis, Marilyn, and Opal. Hurricane Luis was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused extensive damage in the northern Leeward Islands. Hurricane Marilyn affected the same area a few days later, becoming the most destructive hurricane to hit the U.S. Virgin Islands since Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Opal was a strong hurricane that made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida. The system caused $5.1 billion (1995 USD) in damage.
This timeline includes information that was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not operationally warned upon, has been included. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season.
June
June 1
June 2
June 4
June 5
June 6
July
July 6
July 7
July 9
July 10
July 12
July 14
July 17
July 20
July 28
July 30
July 31
August
August 1
August 2
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9
August 10
August 11
August 12
August 13
August 14
August 20
August 22
August 23
August 24
August 26
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 30
August 31
September
September 1
September 2
September 3
September 4
September 5
September 7
September 8
September 9
September 10
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
September 18
September 21
September 22
September 26
September 27
September 28
September 30
October
October 2
October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 12
October 14
October 17
October 19
October 20
October 21
October 22
October 24
October 25
October 27
October 29
October 31'
November
November 1
November 2
November 30