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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1880s

[Details of Storms in 1880s]

 

Map of 1880s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL		 DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)		 AFFECTS
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
E of Matagorda		 6/17/88 Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - NA		 Struck just outside of Matagorda Bay
T. STORM Tropical Storm /
W of Freeport		 7/5/88 Pk. Wnd - 50 kt
Pressure - NA		 Struck Freeport area
T. STORM Tropical Storm /
Sabine Pass		 6/14/86 Pk. Wnd - 50 kt
Pressure - NA		 50 mph winds at Galveston
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
W of Port O'Connor		 8/20/86 Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - 984mb		 Destroyed Indianola
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
S of LCH		 10/12/86 Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - NA		 150 killed; flooding up to 20 miles inland
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. NA /
Remained offshore		 9/20/85 Pk. Wnd - NA
Pressure - NA		 Produced 6" of rain in Galveston
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. NA /
Corpus Christi		 8/13/81 Pk. Wnd - NA
Pressure - NA		 Called a "violent hurricane"
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. NA /
Matagorda		 6/24/80 Pk. Wnd - NA kt
Pressure - 984mb		 Produced 5.2" of rain in Galveston

 

[Details of Storms in 1880s]
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