SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1970s

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
CLAUDETTE	Tropical Storm / Near Beaumont	7/24/79	Pk. Wnd - 45 kt Pressure - 1000mb	Flooding rains of 30 to 40 inches, damage at $3/4 billion
ELENA	Tropical Storm / N of Matagorda Bay	9/1/79	Pk. Wnd - 35 kt Pressure - 1008mb	Gusty winds, torrential rain; 2 deaths
DEBRA	Tropical Storm / Near Jamaica Beach	8/28/78	Pk. Wnd - 75 kt Pressure - 983mb	7 foot tides, 2 to 5 inch rains, 6 weak tornadoes
DELIA	Tropical Storm / Landfall twice near Freeport	9/4/73	Pk. Wnd - 60 kt Pressure - 986mb	5 deaths, $18 billion damage (mainly crops)
FERN	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Paralleled Matagorda Bay as it moved SW; Landfall near CRP	9/10/71	Pk. Wnd - 60 kt Pressure - 979mb	6' tide, heavy rains, and six fires caused by lightning in Galveston
EDITH	Hurricane - Cat. 2 / Remained offshore as it moved up the TX coast; Landfall E of Sabine River	9/16/71	Pk. Wnd - 85 kt Pressure - 977mb	Weaker left side of storm had little effect
FELICE	Tropical Storm / north of Galveston	9/15/70	Pk. Wnd - 60 kt Pressure - 997mb	3.9' tide, 6" rains in GLS; damage insignificant