(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 1875-81br,1886bdts,1886br,1895br,1902ts,1909ts,1910,1912,1913br 1916,1919,1925tsbr,1931ts,1933,1935-2tsbr,1943br,1958tsbr,1960ts 1961,1967,1970br,1971,1978tsbr,1980br,1993ts,1998tsbr,1999,2008ts 30
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names
from list
above Ella,Abbey,Carla,Beulah,Celia,Fern,Amelia,Allen,Arlene,Charley,Bret ,Dolly,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.63 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 2013
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2008 July 23rd Hurricane Dolly comes ashore just south in Padre Island with winds up to 100mph.
This areas hurricane
past 1875 176 killed when a hurricane brushes the area with gusts
to 100mph
1909 a tropical storm dumps heavy rain killing 41 in texas in july 1910 Sept 14th Cat 2 1916 August 18th a category 3/4 hurricane makes landfall in the north part of the county.Possessed 932 mb central pressure at landfall, 25 nmi radius of
maximum winds (RMW), and a landfall point of 26.8N, 97.4W cat4 1919 Sep. 14, Landfall point of
27.2N, 97.3W, 950 mb Central Pressure, 35 nmi Radius of Maximum Wind category 3 1921 in sept a hurricane brushes the area however inland flooding
in san antonio was up to 9 ft killing 41 1933 sept 5th winds gusting to 125mph 500 injured in Texas,came straight in from the east. 1961 hurricane Carla was very large
covering an area from Corpus Christi to Galveston 1967 hurricane Beulah
brushes to the south but winds here were over 100mph causing heavy damage &
alot of rain with many tornadoes,storm surge was over 9 ft 1980 hurricane
Allen brushes well to the south with 110mph winds after earlier being a cat 5
offshore in august 1999 Hurricane Bret hits aug 22nd with 125mph winds some moderate damage as winds diminished quickly due to 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.............
