Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1980s

Sinlaku Continues to Impact the Marianas; Severe Weather from the Central US to the Northeast; Late-Season Snow in the Northwest

Sinlaku continues to bring destructive winds, widespread heavy rain/flooding, and storm surge to the Marianas. Showers and severe thunderstorms are expected from the Northeast to the Mid-Mississippi Valley and to the Central/Southern Plains through Thursday. A front will produce late-season snowfall over the Cascades and Northern Rockies and coastal rain over the Northwest Coast through Thursday. Read More >

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
ALLISON	Tropical Storm / N Matagorda Peninsula	6/26/89	Pk. Wnd - 45 kt Pressure - 1001mb	Heavy rain producer, 3-5 foot storm surge, 11 drowning deaths
CHANTAL	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Near High Island	8/1/89	Pk. Wnd - 70 kt Pressure - 984mb	Heavy rain and beach erosion, 2 weak tornadoes; 13 deaths
JERRY	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Near Jamaica Beach	10/15/89	Pk. Wnd - 75 kt Pressure - 983mb	7 foot tides, 2 to 5 inch rains, 6 weak tornadoes
UNNAMED	Tropical Storm / Bolivar Peninsula near Gilchrist	8/9/87	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - 1009mb	Heavy rains (3 to 7 inches) in Louisiana
BONNIE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Upper TX Coast west of Sabine	6/26/86	Pk. Wnd - 75 kt Pressure - 992mb	2 to 5 foot tides, 13 inch rains S. Polk County, widespread minor damage ($1 million)
ALICIA	Hurricane - Cat. 3 / W end of GLS Island	8/18/83	Pk. Wnd - 100 kt Pressure - 963mb	$2 billion damage, 21 deaths, Seabrook surge - 12', 23 tornadoes, >11 inches rain E side of Houston
CHRIS	Tropical Storm / TX-LA coast	9/11/82	Pk. Wnd - 55 kt Pressure - 994mb	5-6' tides, wind gusts to 70 mph, 6" rain, tornadoes in LA
DANIELLE	Tropical Storm / Galveston	9/5/80	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - 1004mb	17" rain at Port Arthur

NAME

CLASS /
LANDFALL

DATE

DATA
(kts/mbs)

AFFECTS

ALLISON

Tropical Storm /
N Matagorda Peninsula

6/26/89

Pk. Wnd - 45 kt
Pressure - 1001mb

Heavy rain producer, 3-5 foot storm surge, 11 drowning deaths

CHANTAL

Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Near High Island

8/1/89

Pk. Wnd - 70 kt
Pressure - 984mb

Heavy rain and beach erosion, 2 weak tornadoes; 13 deaths

JERRY

Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Near Jamaica Beach

10/15/89

Pk. Wnd - 75 kt
Pressure - 983mb

7 foot tides, 2 to 5 inch rains, 6 weak tornadoes

UNNAMED

Tropical Storm /
Bolivar Peninsula near Gilchrist

8/9/87

Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - 1009mb

Heavy rains (3 to 7 inches) in Louisiana

BONNIE

Hurricane - Cat. 1 /
Upper TX Coast west of Sabine

6/26/86

Pk. Wnd - 75 kt
Pressure - 992mb

2 to 5 foot tides, 13 inch rains S. Polk County, widespread minor damage ($1 million)

ALICIA

Hurricane - Cat. 3 /
W end of GLS Island

8/18/83

Pk. Wnd - 100 kt
Pressure - 963mb

$2 billion damage, 21 deaths, Seabrook surge - 12', 23 tornadoes, >11 inches rain E side of Houston

CHRIS

Tropical Storm /
TX-LA coast

9/11/82

Pk. Wnd - 55 kt
Pressure - 994mb

5-6' tides, wind gusts to 70 mph, 6" rain, tornadoes in LA

DANIELLE

Tropical Storm /
Galveston

9/5/80

Pk. Wnd - 40 kt
Pressure - 1004mb

17" rain at Port Arthur