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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1960s

[Details of Storms in 1960s]

 

Map of 1960s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL		 DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)		 AFFECTS
ABBY Tropical Storm /
Just E of Matagorda		 8/7/64 Pk. Wnd - 55 kt
Pressure - 1000mb		 Formed and made landfall within 24 hours
CINDY Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Near High Island		 9/17/63 Pk. Wnd - 65 kt
Pressure - 997mb		 Dumped up to 23.5 inch rains in East Texas
CARLA Hurricane - Cat. 4 /
Just W of Port O'Connor		 9/11/61 Pk. Wnd - 125 kt
Pressure - 986mb		 175 mph gusts; 22' storm surge in Matagorda Bay; 46 dead; $408 million damage

 

[Details of Storms in 1960s]
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