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Tropical Cyclones in the 1960s
Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1960s
1964
ABBY (TS - August 7th landfall)
Tropical Storm Abby formed and made landfall near Matagorda within 48 hours.
Lowest pressure observed was 29.66 inches, and winds were 45 mph with gusts
to 65 mph.
1963
CINDY (Cat. 1 Hurricane - September 17th landfall)
Hurricane Cindy formed and made landfall
near Galveston within 24 hours. The storm raised tides 3-4' on Padre and dropped an inch of
rain here on the way to Galveston on the 16th, and another inch on the way back down the coast,
inland, three days later. In East Texas, rainfall totals of up to 23.5" were recorded when the
storm became stationary west of Port Arthur. Damage totaled $10 to $15 million, and Cindy
killed one person.
Statistics:
Winds (mph): Galveston at 74, Sabine estimated at 75, High Island 60-69, Houston Yacht Club at 64;
Pressure (inches): High Island at 29.45, Houston at 29.73.
1961
CARLA (Cat. 4 Hurricane - September 11th landfall)
Carla was a severe hurricane which made
landfall near Port Lavaca, bringing flooding from her storm surge 10 miles inland. Originating
in the Caribbean Sea, Carla moved slowly across the Gulf, made a small loop east of Corpus Christi,
and came ashore near Matagorda Bay with a 22' storm surge. Carla had 150 mph sustained winds, 175
mph gusts, and a central pressure of 27.49". Rainfall totals ranged from 19" at Votan, near
Beaumont, to 1.08" at Brownsville. As may happen in large slow moving hurricanes, the surge was
higher in the bays than at the coastline, being 22' at the head of Matagorda Bay and only 12.3' on
the Gulf shoreline. Eleven tornadoes spun out of the rear portion of the storm in Texas, and deaths
totaled 34 in the state, including 22 persons who drowned. Worth noting was the estimated 200,000
people that evacuated the Beaumont-Port Arthur area in a six hour period as Hurricane Carla
approached the Texas coast.
Statistics:
Winds (mph): Gusts to 175 mph at Port Lavaca.
Tides (feet): 15.2 at Matagorda, 14.8 at the Houston Ship Channel, 14.5 at Port O'Connor
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