SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology

Severe Weather Threat Shifted to the Southern Plains and Mid-South; Critical Fire Weather in the Southern Plains

Multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms may produce very large hail, swaths of damaging wind, a few tornadoes and heavy rain across parts of Texas into the lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. Gusty winds and dry conditions will continue to promote elevated to critical fire weather conditions across the southern High Plains. Read More >

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 2* / S of LCH	8/7/18	Pk. Wnd - 85 kt Pressure - 960mb	Fast moving; 25 mile wide destruction area; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 2 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 3
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 3 / W of GLS	8/17/15	Pk. Wnd - 105 kt Pressure - 953mb	275 dead; 120 mph winds in Galveston; $50 million damage; Was a Category 4 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 3 by landfall

NAME

CLASS /
LANDFALL

DATE

DATA
(kts/mbs)

AFFECTS

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 2* /
S of LCH

8/7/18

Pk. Wnd - 85 kt
Pressure - 960mb

Fast moving; 25 mile wide destruction area; * - Hurrtrak data indicated a Category 2 status; NHC/TPC documents had peak at a Category 3

HURRICANE

Hurricane - Cat. 3 /
W of GLS

8/17/15

Pk. Wnd - 105 kt
Pressure - 953mb

275 dead; 120 mph winds in Galveston; $50 million damage; Was a Category 4 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 3 by landfall

Severe Weather Threat Shifted to the Southern Plains and Mid-South; Critical Fire Weather in the Southern Plains

SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1910s

Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1910s