Matagorda County, Texas, Hurricanes

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Matagorda County, Texas
Surnames/tags: Disasters Hurricanes

Hurricanes occured 49 times in 144 years at the end of 2015^[1]

(br)=brush

(ts)=Tropical Storm

(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.

1870-99	1900-29	1930-44	1945-69	1970-99	2000-present
1871-2tsbr	,1900,	1932,	1945tsbr,1945	1970br,	2002ts,
1874ts,	1901ts,	1933ts,	,1947tsbr	1971,	2003,2003ts
1875br,	1902bdtsbr,	1934br,1934,	1949,	1973ts	2008br
1877tsbr	,1909,	1936tsbr,	1959br	1979ts	2015ts
1880ts,	1915br,	1938ts,	1961	1983
1886,1886bdtsbr,	1921,	1941,	1964ts	1989ts
1888,1888tsbr,	1929	1942tsbr,1942,	1968tsbr	1998tsbr,1998ts
1891,		1943tsbr,

1886, Aug 20th severe damage just south, a 155mph hurricane pushes NE winds,925mb. The town of Indianola was never rebuilt.

1888, June 17th, 80mph from the ESE

1891, July 6th, 85mph from the SSE

1900, Sept 8th the great devestating Galveston hurricane passes north of here with 145mph winds from the ESE

1909, July 21st ,105mph from the ESE just north

1921, June 22nd, 85mph from the south

1929, June 28th, 80mph from the SE

1932, Aug 13th,145mph just north from the SSE

1934, Aug 28th ,80mph from the NNE passes just east

1941, Sep 23 80mph from the S.E Matagorda had tides of 10.8'. Pressure 971 mb,4 killed.

1942, Aug 30th,80mph from the S.E

1945, Aug 27th 140mph from the SSE 7 killed.

1949, Oct 4th 125mph from the south passes just east

1961, Hurricane Carla hits with 140mph winds(hurdat) on sept 11th from the S.E. 18 ft s.s causing total devestation 34 dead. Recon pressure 27.50 as it hit coast. 115mph sustained on coast & weakened rapidly after landfall. Newspaper headline | Radar from T.V. | NOAA Carla

1971, Sept 10th, hurricane Fern hits with 75mph winds from the SSE killed 30 million in damage.5to 6 ft tides reported.

1983, Aug 18th,115mph winds Hurricane Alicia passes just north from the SE

2003, July 15th Hurricane Claudette hits just north with 85mph winds from the ESE & a gust to 111mph,some reports of roof damage,signs down,many trees down.Peak gust 71 kts east matagorda bay. Damage photo | Newspaper article

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Tornadoes 1961 Carla spawned 18 tornadoes with 10 in Louisiana and 8 in Texas. There were 2 tornadoes in Galveston with one a devastating F4 tornado killing 8 people. Other cities in Texas affected by tornadoes were Bay City, Channelview, Hardin, Jacksonville, and two other small communities in East Texas.