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October 16, 1912 – a Category 2 hurricane crosses a sparsely populated stretch of Padre Island between Corpus Christi and Port Mansfield. [ 10 ] [ 3 ] A 6 ft (1.8 m)-high storm surge coupled with abnormally high tides causes severe damage along the coast, sweeping buildings away and inflicting $28,000 in damage [ 1 ] The steamship Nicaragua ...
Tides at Indianola were the highest since 1844; most of the town flooded. The jail at Lavaca was washed away. Many people died in the tempest. [citation needed] The first and fourth storms of the 1874 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall in Texas. On September 5, 1874, the barometer dropped to 29:51 at 6:30 pm in Corpus Christi.
High tides were reported along the coast, [17] and the storm surge reached 13 ft (4.0 m) near Brownsville. The tides flooded portions of Corpus Christi about 3 ft (0.91 m) deep, sinking boats and damaging piers. Storm-generated waves destroyed 20 buildings in one settlement.
Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. [1] Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal ...
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.
[14] [19] Tides were 1 ft (0.30 m) above normal at Corpus Christi, while tides at Galveston were 2.2 ft (0.67 m) above normal. [2] [4] A tornado spawned in Turkey Creek, Mississippi, destroyed three mobile homes and a house, killing one person and seriously injuring another; this tornado tracked on to Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
In Corpus Christi, winds up to 66 miles per hour (106 km/h) were reported. In coastal Texas, storm tides of 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) above normal were reported from Galveston to Freeport. One spotter reported seeing a flock of swallows in the eye of the storm during landfall. Heavy rainfall from the hurricane fell across eastern and central ...
Corpus Christi daily rainfall measurements on August 23 and August 24 were as high as 1.92 in (48.8 mm) and 2.55 in (64.8 ), respectively, a new daily record. [15] The beach at the Padre Island National Seashore was closed after high tides began flooding the beaches and the John F. Kennedy Causeway, though other facilities such as the ...