User:Storm05/1945 Texas Hurricane
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| Category 4 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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| Formed | August 24, 1945 | |
| Dissipated | August 29, 1945 | |
| Highest winds |
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| Lowest pressure | 963 mbar (hPa) (incomplete) | |
| Damage | $20.1 million (1945 USD) $211.1 million (2005 USD) |
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| Fatalities | 3 direct | |
| Areas affected |
Texas | |
| Part of the 1945 Atlantic hurricane season |
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The 1945 Texas Hurricane was a powerful category 4 that lashed southern Texas between August 24 and August 29, 1945. The hurricane was the worst hurricane to strike Texas since the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
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[edit] Storm history
The Texas Hurricane formed on August 24 in the Bay of Campechie as a 70 mph tropical storm. The developing storm, moved northward where it reached hurricane strength at 1800 UTC. [1] The strengthing hurricane continued moving northward parallel to the Mexican coast where it strengthened into a category 3 hurricane on the 25th. [1] On August 26, the Texas Hurricane made landfall near Port Anrasas as a category 4 hurricane. [2] The storm then moved inland past Matagorda before weaking into a category 1 and then a tropical storm. The storm then dissipated well inland on August 29. [1] The barometric pressure of the 1945 Texas hurricane before landfall is unknown, numerous weather stations along the Texas coast recorded a 963 barometric pressure when the storm made landfall. [1]
[edit] Impact
About 30 inches of rain fell along the Texas coast causing considerable flashflooding. [2] Three people died in the storm, two when their small boat crashed into a jetty another from a tornado. [2] There was heavy damage to oil facilities, roads and bridges and there was severe crop and livestock loss.[2] The damage from the storm totaled $20.1 million (1945 USD).
