(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. Years
within 60
miles 1874bdts,1875,1881ts,1886,1886bd,1902ts,1912,1913,1916,1919,1921tsbr 1929br,1931tsbr,1934-36ts,1942br,1943-2tsbr,1945,1945tsbr,1958ts,1960tsbr 1961br,1967bdbr,1968ts,1970,1971ts,1980br,1993ts,1998ts,1999br,2003br,2007ts,2010tsbr 34
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names
from list above Ella,Carla,Cindy,Celia,Fern,Arlene,Charley ,Bret,Claudette,Erin,Hermine,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=18, 52.94% H=16, 47.06%
Longest gap between storms 15 years 1886-1902
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.12 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (9h)once every 15.56 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 105mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next due in 2015
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2010 Sept 7th Tropical storm Hermine brushes just west from the SE with 45mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1874 a storm on sept 5th (text taken from Lake charles NWS)Waves "mountainous high" rolled through the Bay. Heavy winds and rains continued until 3 PM on the 5th, when the eye passed overhead. Winds that evening increased out the south with greater force. Schooners were shoved inland, ramming houses and trees along their way. Water Street was wiped out of existence. Half the chickens in Corpus Christi met an untimely fate. (Ellis 27). The Brazos Santiago lighthouse, already in a rotting state, was completely leveled. The light keeper's wife met her fate in the storm (Cipra 204). Velasco, one of the oldest towns in Texas, was originally located at the Mouth of the Brazos River. 1875 a hurricane hits with 115mph winds just north sept 16th 150 killed in texas 1886 aug 20th a hurricane from the ESE with 150mph winds 1886 Sept 23rd 80mph from the south 1912 -95mph Oct 16th from the SSE 1913 from the S.E June 27th cat 1 75mph from the ESE 1916 aug 19th
hits press 29.07 90mph 15 killed 1919 85mph from the east on september 14th a 16 ft storm surge kills
284 press 28.65, 900 homes destroyed.488 missing at sea off the Florida coast 1945 Aug 26th 130mph while moving by to the north just offshore a 4ft storm surge 1970 Aug 3rd 125mph from the ESE hurricane Celia hits
as area has gusts to 161mph kills 1,1injures 466 causes 1.8 billion dollars
damage (in 1998 figures) total devestation.65,000 Famalies suffered loses in Texas,8,950 homes destroyed,13,850 severly damaged,41,800 minor damage. 1998 t.s charley hits direct with 60mph winds dumping very
heavy rain on august 22nd In S.W texas very heavy rain floods areas killing 14
inland from slow movement
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.............
Corpus Christi,Texas history with tropical
systems
