Dora was the first hurricane to impact northeast Florida in at least 79 years. It began as a low pressure area that passed through the Cape Verde islands on the 28th of August. By the time reconaissance aircraft investigated the system on the 1st, it had developed into a full-fledged tropical storm well east of the Lesser Antilles. It developed into a hurricane on the 2nd as it began to move northwest. As it passed 300 miles south of Bermuda, it tracked on a more westerly course, missing the trough developed from the extratropical cyclone formerly known as Cleo.This is when Ethel formed to its east. As Dora approached the north Florida coast, its movement slowed, allowing a populace not used to hurricane evacuation the time to do just that. Tides peaked at 12 feet at Anastasia Island.The heaviest of the rain fell during the 11th and the 12th and the storm doubled back to the east. Below is the track of this cyclone, provided by the National Hurricane Center.

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