Hurricane Florence was the first North Atlantic hurricane to produce hurricane-force winds on the island of Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian in September 2003. The seventh tropical storm and second hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence developed from a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on September 3. Due to unfavorable conditions, the system failed to organize initially, and as a result, the storm grew to an unusually large size. After several days, Florence encountered an area of lesser wind shear and intensified into a hurricane on September 10. It passed just west of Bermuda while recurving northeastward, and on September 13 it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone. Category 1 hurricane: peak winds of 90 mph (80 knots), lowest pressure 963 mb. September 3 – September 19, 2006. Accumulated cyclone energy: 9.6. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL072006 (public domain).