Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 2000s

[Details of Storms in 2000s]

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NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
IKE	Hurricane - Cat.2/ Galveston Island	9/13/08	Pk. Wind - 95 kt Pressure - 950 mb	Destructive storm surge along the Bolivar Peninsula and across portions of Galveston Bay. Wind damage across a large part of southeast Texas.
EDOUARD	Tropical Storm / Just east of High Island in McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge	8/5/08	Pk. Wind - 55 kt Pressure - 996 mb	Minimal damage from flooding across portions of Chambers County and the Gilchrist area (Bolivar Peninsula).
HUMBERTO	Hurricane - Cat.1/ Just east of High Island in McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge	9/13/07	Pk. Wnd - 80 kt Pressure - 985 mb	Wind damage to homes and businesses in and around the High Island area; Rainfall totals >14 inches in SE Chambers County.
ERIN	Tropical Storm / San Jose Island (just north of Port Aransas)	8/16/07	Pk. Wnd - 35 kt Pressure - 1003 mb	Three fatalities (from inland flooding); Significant flooding in and around the Houston area resulted in a disaster declaration.
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

[Details of Storms in 2000s]