SE TX Tropical Cyclone Climatology - 1900s

NAME	CLASS / LANDFALL	DATE	DATA (kts/mbs)	AFFECTS
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 3 / Freeport	7/21/09	Pk. Wnd - 95 kt Pressure - 982mb	Storm surge reached 10'; 41 killed in TX; Was a Category 4 well offshore, but weakened to a Category 3 while influencing the upper Texas coast
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 1 / Aransas Pass	6/26/02	Pk. Wnd - 80 kt Pressure - NA	Curved just offshore before landfall near Matagorda
T. STORM	Tropical Storm / Matagorda	7/10/01	Pk. Wnd - 40 kt Pressure - NA	Crops damaged by wind and rain
HURRICANE	Hurricane - Cat. 4 / Galveston	9/9/00	Pk. Wnd - 115 kt Pressure - 964mb	Greatest disaster in U.S.history; More than 8,000 killed mainly from storm surge; 20 foot tides