Brownsville's history with tropical systems
Current weather

(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given.(since 1871)

Years within 60 miles
1874tsbr,1880,1886,1887,1895br,1902,1909,1910br,1910tsbr
1916tsbr(added from hurdat),1916br,1919br,1925ts,1933,1933tsbr,1936ts,1945br,1947,1954br,1958ts
1960tsbr,1967,1980,1983tsbr,1988br,2003 br,2008br
27 times in 139yrs end of 2009

Names from list above
Alice,Alma,Abbey,Beulah,Allen,Barry,Gilbert, Erika,Dolly,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 5.15 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(9h)once every 15.44 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2014
This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be affected by that year

Last affected by

July 23rd Hurricane Dolly hits just north while moving NW with 100mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1880 aug 13th a major hurricane hits
1887 SEP 11 14 killed Press 28.93". 10.78" of rain.
1909 June 29th Cat 2 according to the hurricane research division.
1933 in september a storm surge of 13 ft came with a cat 3 killing 40 & injuring 500.Heavy damage reported up to Corpus christi.Winds gusted to 125mph
1967 hurricane Beulah brushes to the south,area has gusts to 80mph & dumps 15 inches of rain here.Beulah 13 dead 136mph at landfall press 28.07 & estimated 95 tornadoes associated with beulah2 of 3 local T.V stations knocked off the air.10ft storm surge,up to 30 inch rain amounts in some areas.
1980 hurricane Allen hits with 115mph winds dumping 15 inches of rain here moderate damage 2 dead. Article
2003 Hurricane Erika hits just south by 50 miles Aug 16th minimal cat 1 kills 2 in Montemorelos ,Mexico . Minor coastal flooding in South Texas.


Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
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