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Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1990s

 

 


Map of 1990s Storms

 

NAME CLASS /
LANDFALL
DATE DATA
(kts/mbs)
AFFECTS
CHARLEY Tropical Storm / 
Port Aransas
8/22/98 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
FRANCES Tropical Storm / 
Port O'Connor
9/11/98 Pk. Wnd - 55 kt
Pressure - 990mb
3 drowning deaths; $500 million damage from coastal flooding/beach erosion and 4 to 10 inches of rain, especially along coastal counties
DEAN Tropical Storm / 
Freeport
7/30/95 Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - 999mb
>15" rain Chambers County; 2 confirmed tornadoes; $1/2 million damage