WeatherWhys for September 5,2014 from accuweather.com

Hurricane Fran made landfall on Sept. 5, 1996. Fran roared onshore in the evening over Cape Fear, North Carolina, as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph. Numerous beachfront homes along the North Carolina coast were destroyed or seriously damaged by Fran's storm surge. Fran headed northwestward toward western Pennsylvania after landfall, accompanied by heavy rain. Fran was retired after the 1996 hurricane season, being replaced by the name "Fay."