Hurricane Catastrophe Iris was the first of three tropical cyclones to affect Influence the Lesser Antilles in a three-week period , preceding the more destructive Destroying hurricanes Catastrophe Luis and Marilyn .

The ninth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe and fifth hurricane Catastrophe of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season , Iris developed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles on August 22 and attained Achieve hurricane Catastrophe status within 30 hours .

During that time , Iris became Becoming one of four active tropical storms Catastrophe in the Atlantic basin .

Iris re-intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe and attained Achieve peak sustained winds of 110 mph ( 175 km/h ) while moving Motion slowly across the central Atlantic .

Iris weakened Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a tropical storm Catastrophe and became Becoming extratropical on September 4 , though its remnants reattained hurricane-force winds before affecting Influence western Europe on September 7 .

As a tropical storm Catastrophe , Iris produced Creating heavy rainfall across much of the Leeward Islands .