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Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas. According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years. On any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline, a ...
The 1980 Atlantic hurricane season featured nine hurricanes, ... In Corpus Christi, ... [13] In Texas, high tides caused flooding along much of the coast of the ...
Hurricane Audrey also brings a storm surge of 6 ft (1.8 m) across the coast, resulting in tides 4 ft (1.2 m) above average in Corpus Christi. The strong waves wash out areas of Mustang Island and Packery Channel. Multiple ships, including a tanker, become beached off of Corpus Christi as a result of the wave action associated with the hurricane.
Hurricane season runs for about five months, from June 1 to Nov. 1 — and for five months, coastal communities must remain prepared for everything from a tropical storm to a Category 5 cyclone.
An overview provided by municipal officials showed that as of 7 a.m. Monday, the storm had few to no impacts in Corpus Christi – including to areas well-known for major flooding, such as North ...
The major hurricane was also very large at this time, with hurricane-force winds extending 144 mi (232 km) from its center and tropical-storm-force winds extending 345 miles. [3] Allen's circulation filled nearly the entire Gulf of Mexico, and was regarded at the time as the second-largest Atlantic hurricane on record, after 1961's Hurricane ...
Of those, 8 to 13 are forecast to become hurricanes.” A car sits submerged underwater after Tropical Storm Alberto hits the Gulf Coast area. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
At 1600 UTC on August 2, a hurricane warning was posted from Palacios to Port Arthur. About six hours later, the warning was extended southward to Rockport. The hurricane warning was expanded further southward to Corpus Christi at 1000 UTC on August 3. [7] Celia was initially forecast to stay well north of Corpus Christi. However, on August 3 ...