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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1970s

[Details of Storms in 1970s]

 

Map of 1970s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL		 DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)		 AFFECTS
CLAUDETTE Tropical Storm /
Near Beaumont		 7/24/79 Pk. Wnd - 45 kt
Pressure - 1000mb		 Flooding rains of 30 to 40 inches, damage at $3/4 billion
ELENA Tropical Storm /
N of Matagorda Bay		 9/1/79 Pk. Wnd - 35 kt
Pressure - 1008mb		 Gusty winds, torrential rain; 2 deaths
DEBRA Tropical Storm /
Near Jamaica Beach		 8/28/78 Pk. Wnd - 75 kt
Pressure - 983mb		 7 foot tides, 2 to 5 inch rains, 6 weak tornadoes
DELIA Tropical Storm /
Landfall twice near Freeport		 9/4/73 Pk. Wnd - 60 kt
Pressure - 986mb		 5 deaths, $18 billion damage (mainly crops)
FERN Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Paralleled Matagorda Bay as it moved SW; Landfall near CRP		 9/10/71 Pk. Wnd - 60 kt
Pressure - 979mb		 6' tide, heavy rains, and six fires caused by lightning in Galveston
EDITH Hurricane - Cat. 2 /
Remained offshore as it moved up the TX coast; Landfall E of Sabine River		 9/16/71 Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - 977mb		 Weaker left side of storm had little effect
FELICE Tropical Storm /
north of Galveston		 9/15/70 Pk. Wnd - 60 kt
Pressure - 997mb		 3.9' tide, 6" rains in GLS; damage insignificant

 

[Details of Storms in 1970s]
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