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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1890s

 

 


Map of 1890s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL
DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)
AFFECTS
T. STORM Tropical Storm / 
Bolivar Peninsula
9/28/98 Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - NA
Some showers, but little damage
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 1 / 
SE of Lake Charles
9/13/97 Pk. Wnd - 65 kt
Pressure - NA
Many homes in Port Arthur demolished; 13 deaths
T. STORM Tropical Storm / 
Bolivar Peninsula
10/6/95 Pk. Wnd - 45 kt
Pressure - NA
Little damage reported
HURRICANE Hurricane - Cat. 2 / 
W of Freeport
7/5/91 Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - NA
Winds estimated at 100 mph near the eye