Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 1980s

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