SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1940s

Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1940s

[Details of Storms in 1940s]

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 4* / Near Freeport	10/04/49	Pk. Wnd - 115 kt Pressure - NA	11 foot storm surge and two deaths; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 4 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 2.
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / GLS Island W of GLS	8/24/47	Pk. Wnd - 70 kt Pressure - NA	3.6' tide at Sabine Pass; At least one death
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Just E of Sabine River	6/16/46	Pk. Wnd - 35 kt Pressure - NA	Passed inland near the TX-LA border
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 4* / Just W of Matagorda	8/27/45	Pk. Wnd - 120 kt Pressure - 966mb	15' storm surge Matagorda Bay; 3 deaths; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 4 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 2
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1* / Bolivar Peninsula	7/27/43	Pk. Wnd - 75 kt Pressure - NA	104 mph gust Texas City; 17.76" rains at Beaumont; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 1 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 2
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / W Bolivar Peninsula	8/21/42	Pk. Wnd - 65 kt Pressure - NA	7' storm tide at High Island
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Matagorda Bay	8/30/42	Pk. Wnd - 70 kt Pressure - NA	14.7' storm surge Matagorda Bay; 8 deaths; Was a Category 3 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 1 by landfall
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / W of Sabine Pass	9/15/41	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - 1003mb	Landfall near Beaumont
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Near Freeport	9/23/41	Pk. Wnd - 70 kt Pressure - 977mb	11' tides at Matagorda; 4 deaths; $6.5 million damages; Was a Category 3 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 1 by landfall
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 2 / E of Sabine	8/7/40	Pk. Wnd - 70 kt Pressure - 972mb	Caused 1 death and 9 injuries; $1.75 million damage
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Paralleled coast with Landfall SE of LCH	9/23/40	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - NA	Rainfall was widespread but not excessive

[Details of Storms in 1940s]