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Hurricane starts

Jun 1, 2004

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.

jeanne

Sep 14, 2004

8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Eleven strengthens into Tropical Storm Jeanne

landfall

Sep 15, 2004

12 p.m. EDT (1600 UTC) – Tropical Storm Jeanne makes landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico with 60 mph (97 km/h) winds

Hurricane

Sep 16, 2004

7 a.m. AST (1100 UTC) – Tropical Storm Jeanne strengthens into Hurricane Jeanne as it makes landfall on the Dominican Republic with 80 mph (129 km/h) winds

weakens

Sep 16, 2004

8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, September 17) – Hurricane Jeanne weakens into a tropical storm as it interacts with Hispaniola

still weaken

Sep 17, 2004

2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Jeanne weakens into a tropical depression

re strengthen

Sep 17, 2004

8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC, September 18) – Tropical Depression Jeanne re-strengthens to Tropical Storm Jeanne

Hurricane again

Sep 20, 2004

2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Storm Jeanne strengthens back into Hurricane Jeanne.

Category 2

Sep 22, 2004

2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) – Hurricane Jeanne reaches Category 2 strength

Strength

Sep 25, 2004

8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) – Hurricane Jeanne reaches Category 3 strength while it makes its third landfall on Abaco with 115 mph (185 km/h) winds

Becomes extratropical

Sep 28, 2004

8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC, September 29) – Tropical Depression Jeanne becomes extratropical