Tuesday, January 13, 2009

It's already history

HURRICANE IKE!?!?!?!?!

Can anybody remember the other storms that hit Texas and caused us problems?

2 comments:

JHP said...

Tropical Storm Alicia was the first one to come to mind. I found 1970's and 1980's information to share, below:

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

ALLISON Tropical Storm /
N Matagorda Peninsula 6/26/89 Pk. Wnd - 45 kt
Pressure - 1001mb Heavy rain producer, 3-5 foot storm surge, 11 drowning deaths

CHANTAL Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Near High Island 8/1/89 Pk. Wnd - 70 kt
Pressure - 984mb Heavy rain and beach erosion, 2 weak tornadoes; 13 deaths

JERRY Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Near Jamaica Beach 10/16/89 Pk. Wnd - 75 kt
Pressure - 983mb 7 foot tides, 2 to 5 inch rains, 6 weak tornadoes

UNNAMED Tropical Storm /
Bolivar Peninsula near Gilchrist 8/9/87 Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - 1009mb Heavy rains (3 to 7 inches) in Louisiana

BONNIE Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Upper TX Coast west of Sabine 6/26/86 Pk. Wnd - 75 kt
Pressure - 992mb 2 to 5 foot tides, 13 inch rains S. Polk County, widespread minor damage ($1 million)

ALICIA Hurricane - Cat. 3 /
W end of GLS Island 8/18/83 Pk. Wnd - 100 kt
Pressure - 963mb $2 billion damage, 21 deaths, Seabrook surge - 12', 23 tornadoes, >11 inches rain E side of Houston

CHRIS Tropical Storm /
TX-LA coast 9/11/82 Pk. Wnd - 55 kt
Pressure - 994mb 5-6' tides, wind gusts to 70 mph, 6" rain, tornadoes in LA

DANIELLE Tropical Storm /
Galveston 9/5/80 Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - 1004mb 17" rain at Port Arthur

mokru said...

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Are you on facebook?

Thanks,
Jay