! style="background: #;" | | 59–69 m/s 130–156 mph 114–135 kn 210–249 km/h | 13–18 ft 4.0–5.5 m | 27.17–27.88 inHg 920–944 mbar | style="text-align: left;" | More extensive curtainwall failures with some complete roof structure failure on small residences. Major erosion of beach areas. Terrain may be flooded well inland. | "Galveston" (1900) Hazel (1954) Iniki (1992) Iris (2001) Harvey (2017) Laura (2020) Ian (2022) |- ! style="background: #;" | | 70 m/s157 mph136 kn250 km/h | 19 ft5.5 m | <27.17 inHg <920 mbar | style="text-align: left;" | Complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings. Some complete building failures with small utility buildings blown over or away. Flooding causes major damage to lower floors of all structures near the shoreline. Massive evacuation of residential areas may be required. | "Labor Day" (1935) Camille (1969) Gilbert (1988) Andrew (1992) Wilma (2005) Irma (2017) Michael (2018) Dorian (2019) |} See also Emergency Alert System Glossary of climate change Glossary of environmental science Glossary of meteorology List of climate change topics List of severe weather phenomena Local storm report National Weather Service National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region, generally considered the most seriously worded NWS forecast ever issued, done so the day before Hurricane Katrina. NOAA Weather Radio Severe weather terminology (Canada) Severe weather terminology (Japan) Specific Area Message Encoding References External links NWS Directives System National Weather Service glossary of terms NWS Southern Region glossary of tropical storm terms National Weather Service, Louisville, Kentucky National Weather Service, Chicago, Illinois NWS National Hurricane Center NWS EF-scale training Severe weather and convection Weather warnings and advisories