(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 1875,1880br,1881tsbr,1886,1886,1887,1895,1902br,1909,1910 1912,1913,1916,1919,1925-31tsbr,1933,1933,1934br,1936-2tsbr,1945br 1958ts,1960,1967,1970,1971,1978tsbr,1980br,1993ts,1999,2003ts,2008 33
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names
from list above Ella,Abbey,Beulah,Celia,Fern,Allen,Arlene ,Bret,Erika,Dolly,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.21 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (19h)once every 7.32 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 July 23rd Hurricane Dolly hits with 100mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1875 indianola to north is
totally destroyed
1909 In june a cat hits from the east
1909 a tropical storm hit here dumping heavy rain & kills 41 in texas in july 1910 area is totally under water from a hurricane 1916 932mb 130mph at landfall cat4. 1933 sept 4-5th winds est at 80mph & 17 million dollars damage. 1967
hurricane Beulah hits just south with 130mph winds this area got over 100mph
winds & heavy damage from flooding & tornadoes 1980 hurricane Allen
hits just south with 110mph winds moderate damage here mostly from flooding.
In 1999 aug 22nd Hurricane Bret hits north end with 125mph winds.caused 12 new cuts on islands.
2008 July 23rd Hurricane Dolly hits south Padre Island with 85mph winds . Most wind damage caused by S.W & West winds up to 80mph. Roof damage broken glass & signs on Padre Island. Storm surges of up to 4 feet were observed at South Padre Island, Port Mansfield, and the Port of Brownsville, Texas. Water flowed eastward from the Laguna Madre, inundating the bay side of South Padre Island with 3 to 4 feet of water.
Hurricanecity coverage........... (subscription required) | Dolly headlines (St Petersburg times)
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.............
Padre Island's history with tropical
systems