Hurricane Paloma

Hurricane Paloma
Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
	Paloma nearing Cuba after reaching peak intensity.
Formed	November 5, 2008
Dissipated	November 10, 2008
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 145 mph (230 km/h) ;
Lowest pressure	944 mbar (hPa); 27.88 inHg
Fatalities	1 indirect
Damage	$315 million (2008 USD)
Areas affected	Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, coastal regions of Honduras and Nicaragua, Florida Panhandle, southern Bahamas
	Part of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Paloma was the seventeenth tropical cyclone, sixteenth tropical storm, eighth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the last storm of 2008. Hurricane Paloma was the second strongest hurricane in November, only behind Hurricane Lenny in 1999. In the Cayman Islands the damage totaled to $15 million. In Cuba the damage totaled to $300 million. Also in Jamaica the damage totaled to only $100,000. Luckily, the storm caused only 1 death.

Storm path

Records

It was the fourth time a "P" name began in the Atlantic since 1950. The other storms were Tropical Storm Pablo in 1995, Tropical Storm Peter in 2003 and Hurricane Phillippe in 2005 seasons. Paloma broke a record by making the 2008 season be the first time a major hurricane formed in five different months (July-November).

Paloma was also the second strongest hurricane in November, it was behind Hurricane Lenny in 1999.

Retirement

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In the spring of 2009 the name Paloma was retired and replaced by Paulette in 2015. ^[1]

Hurricane Paloma Media

Infrared satellite image of Hurricane Paloma at 10:08 UTC on November 8, shortly before peak intensity
Infrared satellite image of Hurricane Paloma at 11:09 UTC on November 7 as it approached the Cayman Islands
The NHC's forecast track of Hurricane Paloma and associated watches/warnings at 15:00 UTC on November 8
Infrared satellite image of the remnants of Paloma over the Florida Panhandle