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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1900s

[Details of Storms in 1900s]

 

Map of 1900s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL		 DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)		 AFFECTS
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 3 /
Freeport		 7/21/09 Pk. Wnd - 95 kt
Pressure - 982mb		 Storm surge reached 10'; 41 killed in TX; Was a Category 4 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 3 while influencing the upper Texas coast
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Aransas Pass		 6/26/02 Pk. Wnd - 80 kt
Pressure - NA		 Curved just offshore before landfall near Matagorda
T. STORM Tropical Storm /
Matagorda		 7/10/01 Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - NA		 Crops damaged by wind and rain
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 4 /
Galveston		 9/9/00 Pk. Wnd - 115 kt
Pressure - 964mb		 Greatest disaster in U.S.history; More than 8,000 killed mainly from storm surge; 20 foot tides

 

[Details of Storms in 1900s]
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