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1852/01: Utilized Ho's (1989) work - apparently not used in Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis - to alter the track and intensity near the US. Inland winds over SE US reduced via Kaplan and DeMaria's (1995) inland decay model. FL Keys experienced hurricane conditions, but not landfall of center. Surge values of 12' obtained from Ho (1989) and Barnes (1998) for Mobile, Alabama. Using Ho's suggested central pressure of 961 mb at landfall in AL/MS gives 99 kt with the Gulf of Mexico wind-pressure relationship, thus utilizing 100 kt in best track - a major hurricane. Storm is also known as the "Great Mobile Hurricane of 1852" from Ludlum (1963).

1852/02: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis. Storm is also known as "San Lorenzo" in Puerto Rico from impact there.

1852/03: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis. Inland winds over Florida reduced via Kaplan and DeMaria's (1995) inland decay model. The storm is determined to have reached hurricane status both in the Gulf of Mexico and again over the Atlantic Ocean based upon ship reports from the "Union" and the "Emily Banning".

1852/04: No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis. Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status from multiple ship reports.

1852/05: Added an additional day - Oct. 11th - to track based upon ship "Peerless" in Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) writeup. Inland winds over SE US reduced via Kaplan and DeMaria's (1995) inland decay model. Surge values of 7' obtained from Ludlum (1963) and Barnes (1998) for Newport, Florida. Storm is determined to have reached hurricane status from destruction in Jamaica, conditions from the ship "Hebe" and damage that occurred in Newport. Storm also known in Ludlum as the "Middle Florida Storm of October 1852".