(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 1871-2ts,1874br,1879,1880br,1886,1888br,1888tsbr,1891,1895ts,1898ts 1900,1909,1915,1918br,1932,1933tsbr,1934,1938ts,1940-2ts,1940br,1941br,1942,1943 1945br,1947,1949,1957br,1959,(1961 Carla came ashore 135 miles to the south of here,not included in stats)1963br,1970ts,1973ts,1079-2tsbr,1980ts,1983 1986br,1987ts,1989br,1989,1995ts,2001ts,2005br,2007br 45
137yrs end of 2007
Names from list
above Audrey,Debra,cindy,Felice,Delia,Claudette,Elena,Danielle,Alicia, Bonnie,Chantal,Jerry,Dean ,Allison,Rita,Humberto,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.04 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (15h)once every 9.13 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next Affected in 2007
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2007 sept 13th Humberto becomes a hurricane well east of here & moves away without hitting
This areas hurricane
past 1879 Aug 23rd a cat2 with 105mph winds passes just east while heading north. 1886 June 14th a hurricane with 95mph winds passes just east while moving north. 1888 JUN 16 enter moved SW of Galveston. 13.9" 18 inches of rain in Houston.
1900 the great galveston hurricane kills 8,000 people with a
15ft storm surge even though it was low tide while hitting it traveled 6 to 10 miles inland .The pressure at landfall was 27.55inches with winds of 110mph.Half of Galveston destroyed with 2,600 buildings destroyed & 10,000 people left homeless would have been much worse if not moving so quickly. It is said that a one inch steel hull of an ocean going freighter was pierced through with a piece of lumber.According to the hurricane research division winds were of Category 4 strength at landfall. Newspaper headline | max wind map 1909 in july a 10
ft strom surge with a cat 3 41 killed in texas. 1915 AUG 5th a cat 4 kills 275 ,12' tides flooded Galveston 5' to 6' in the Business District. Winds at Galveston were 97 mph gusts to 110mph putting this in the cat 2 range.Press 970 mb,28.63inches.Seawall prevented a repeat of the 1900 disaster.Causes 50 million in damage max wind field 1932 Aug 14th 145mph winds from the SE direct hit 1934 july 28th, a storm surge of 5.9ft with a cat
2 that passes just east while moving south 1943 july 27th a storm surge of 4 ft with a cat 2,nineteen killed,86mph winds.More 1947 August 24th a minimal hurricane hits. 1959 in july
hurricane debra hit with 95mph winds bar 29.07 14.42 inches of rain 1915 a 12 ft s.s 275 killed despite the wall,120mph winds aug 17th. 1983 hurricane Alicia on aug 18th
causes 2 bill damage as a cat 2/3 with 71 to 98mph winds in Galveston moving at a forward speed of 8mph. 21 killed 1.2 billion dollars in
damage,a 10 to 12 ft storm surge at normal high tide.90% of Dwellings on Jamaica bch destroyed.Many highrise glass buildings sustained heavy damage. Pressure in Galveston was measured at 989mb 29.20 inches at 2:00AM. Damage photo | #2 | max wind field | Newspaper headline | Newspaper headline #2 1989 Oct 15th Jerry 3 dead over 8 million in damage
,85mph winds.The latest a hurricane ever hit the upper Texas coast ----
2001june 5th T.S Allison hits with 60mph winds dumping extremely heavy rain especially inland in the Houston area. Over a 120 hr period houston recorded 36.99 inches of rain.Only 3 tropical systems have produced more rain in this area. T.S Amelia 46.00",T.S Claudette 45.00",unamed 1921 40.00". 41 deaths related to flooding & 5 billion in damage. Allison was finally retired in July of 2002 as the only T-storm to be retired.
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