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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 2000s

Note: Updated map (including 2005) coming soon



Map of 2000s Storms

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL
DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)
AFFECTS
RITA Hurricane - Cat. 3/
Between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou (just east of the Texas/Louisiana border)
9/24/05 Pk. Wnd - 105 kt
Pressure - 937 mb
Massive evacuation ahead of landfalll; minimal damage mainly due to sustained tropical storm force winds; Lake Livingston Dam damaged due to high water and wave action.
BILL Tropical Storm /
Southeast Louisiana
6/30/03 Pk. Wnd - 52 kt
Pressure - 997 mb
Not plotted due to landfall location criteria
CLAUDETTE Hurricane - Cat. 1/
Port O'Connor
7/15/03 Pk. Wnd - 78 kt
Pressure - 981 mb
Major beach erosion High Island to Freeport; one tornado; over 1700 homes/businesses damaged or destroyed
GRACE Tropical Storm /
between Port O'Connor and Freeport
8/31/03 Pk. Wnd - 35 kt
Pressure - 1007 mb
Produced flooding rains of 6 to 15 inches
FAY Tropical Storm /
Palacios
9/06/02 Pk. Wnd - 50 kt
Pressure - 998 mb
10 to 20 inches of rain; five tornadoes
LILI Hurricane /
South Central Louisiana
10/03/02 Pk. Wnd - 80 kt
Pressure - 963 mb
Not plotted due to landfall location criteria
ALLISON Tropical Storm /
Port Aransas
6/06/01 Pk. Wnd - 60 kt
Pressure - 1000mb
Beach erosion (tides 2 to 3 feet above normal); 2 to 4 inches of rain inland, 4 to 6 along the coast


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