List of Texas hurricanes (1900–1949)
The list of Texas hurricanes lists tropical storms and hurricanes that hit the U.S. State of Texas during that 50-year period.
1900-1929
September 8-9, 1900: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane hit Galveston, Texas. The storm killed 8,000 to 12,000 people, mostly in Texas. It also caused $30 million in damage. It was the deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States.
August 16-18, 1915: The 1915 Galveston hurricane hit just to the southwest of Galveston. The storm caused $56 million in damage in Texas alone. There were 111 deaths in or near Texas.[1]
September 14-15, 1919: The 1919 Florida Keys hurricane struck near Corpus Christi, Texas. The storm took 284 to 300 lives near Corpus Christi.[2]
1930-1949
August 13-14, 1932: The 1932 Freeport hurricane hit around Freeport. The storm caused forty deaths in Texas.[3]
September 4-5, 1933: The eleventh storm struck just north of Brownsville. It killed 179 people. It caused $28 million in damage.
August 29-30, 1942: The 1942 Matagorda hurricane hit around Matagorda, Texas. It did $26.5 million in damage in south-central Texas. Eight people died.
July 27, 1943: The 1943 Surprise Hurricane hit at the Bolivar Peninsula, near Galveston. It was a Category 2 storm having winds near 105 mph. The storm killed 19 people. It caused $17 million in damage.
List Of Texas Hurricanes (1900–1949) Media
Galveston was largely destroyed by a Category 4 hurricane in 1900, killing 6,000–12,000 people.
Flooding in Galveston after the 1915 hurricane
Contour map of rainfall totals from the 1921 flood
Surface weather analysis of the 1949 Texas hurricane
References
- ↑ The 1915 Monthly Weather Review . NOAA. Report.
- ↑ The 1919 Monthly Weather Review . NOAA. Report.
- ↑ The 1932 Monthly Weather Review . NOAA. Report.