Category   

 Wind Speeds

 Damage

 Storm Surge

1

74-95 mph

Minimal: Unanchored mobile homes,
vegetation and signs.

4-5 feet

2

96-110 mph

Moderate: All mobile homes, roofs,
small crafts, flooding.

6-8 feet

3

111-130 mph

Extensive: Small buildings, low-lying
roads cut off.

9-12 feet

4

131-155 mph

Extreme: Roofs destroyed, trees
down, roads cut off, mobile homes
destroyed. Beach homes flooded.

13-18 feet

5

More than
155mph

Catastrophic: Most buildings
destroyed. Vegetation destroyed.
Major roads cut off. Homes flooded.

Greater than 18 feet