Freeport,Texas 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
1871tsbr,1871ts,1874tsbr,1880ts,1886br,1888,1888ts,1891,1895ts,1898tsbr,1900
1901tsbr,1909,1915,1921tsbr,1929br,1932,1933tsbr,1938ts,1941,1942-2br,1943br
1945br,1947,1949,1959,1963br,1964tsbr,1970tsbr,1971br,1973ts,1979ts
1983,1987tsbr,1989,1995ts,2001ts,2002ts,2003br,2007tsbr,2008
42 times in 139yrs end of 2009

Names from list above
Cindy,Carla,Abbey,Felice,Fern,Delia,Elena,Jerry,Dean,Allison ,Fay,Claudette,Humberto,Ike,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.31 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(13h)once every 10.69 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2012
This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be affected by that year

Last affected by
Hurricane Ike hits Galveston approx 35 miles to the north on Sept 13th with 110mph winds but this large systems Hurricane force winds extended down to Freeport causing extensive damage to some homes.

This areas hurricane past
1909 a hurricane with 95mph winds brushes just north killing 41 in texasjuly 21st press 28.99.
1915 Aug 16th a major hurricane hits just south causing a 10ft storm surge.max wind field
1932 40 killed press 27.83 100mph
1949 october a storm surge of 10.4 ft with a cat 2 hurricane,gusts to 135mph ,most damage to crops.
1959 hurricane debra in july press 29.07. Winds gusted to 105 mph near Freeport. Hurricane force winds were experienced 100 miles inland. Storm surge 8 ft over 14" of rain.
1983 Hurricane Alicia comes ashore just north of here with 115mph winds causing heavy damage on Aug 18th.
2008 Hurricane Ike hits Galveston approx 35 miles to the north on Sept 13th with 110mph winds but this large systems Hurricane force winds extended down to Freeport causing extensive damage to some homes.From NOAA FPPT2 - FREEPORT (PORTS) - TX 28.95 max gust 330/076kts Surfside flooding just north | Ike model history


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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