(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given. Years near or within core winds 1874bdts,1875m,1880m,1886,1886brm,1887br,1902ts,1909br,1910,1912,1913,1916m,1919,1925ts,1931tsbr,1933brm,1934br,1936br,1945ts,1945m,1947tsbr,1954tsbr,1960tsbr,1961brm, 1967m,1968tsbr,1970brm,1971ts,1978tsbr,1980,1993ts,1998tsbr,1999m,2008ts,2010ts,2017brm,2020,2023ts 38
times in 152yrs end of 2023
Names
from list
above Alice,Ella,Abbey,Carla,Beulah,Candy,Celia,Fern,Amelia,Allen,Arlene,Charley,Bret,Dolly,Hermine,Harvey,Hanna,Harold,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=16, 42.11% H=22, 57.89%
Longest gap between storms 14 years 1888-1901
How often Kenedy County gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (13h)once every 11.69 years
Average years between major hurricane hits.(6) every 25.33 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 106mph
Statistically when Kenedy County should be affected
next before the end of 2027
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2023 August 22nd Tropical storm Haroild hits with 50mph winds while moving west.
Kenedy County's hurricane
history 1875 sept 16th 176 killed when a 115mph hurricane passes just east of the area from the ESE with gusts
to 100mph locally. Hit map 1880 Aug 13th, 130mph to the south from the ESE hit map 1886 Sept 23rd, 90mph from the SSE 1910 Sept 14th ,110mph from the east. 1912 oct 16th, 95mph from the S.E 1913 June 27th,75mph from the ESE 1916 August 18th ,115mph from the ESE makes landfall in the north part of the county.Possessed 932 mb central pressure at landfall, 25 nmi radius of
maximum winds (RMW), and a landfall point of 26.8N, 97.4W 1919 Sep. 14, 85mph from the east. Landfall point of
27.2N, 97.3W, 950 mb Central Pressure, 35 nmi Radius of Maximum Wind . 1945 Aug 26th,120mph just offshore while moving north 1967 Sept 20th hurricane Beulah
from the SSE, winds here were 115mph causing heavy damage &
alot of rain with many tornadoes,storm surge was over 9 ft. NHC Wallet 1980 Aug 10th hurricane
Allen brushes well to the south with 110mph winds after earlier being a cat 5
from the ESE NHC Wallet 1999 Hurricane Bret hits aug 22nd with 125mph winds some moderate damage as winds diminished quickly due to slow movement.NHC final report
2008 Hurricane Dolly hit while moving N.W with 100mph winds.hit map | Our coverage as it happened
2020 July 25th,Hurricane Hanna hits from the east with 90mph winds eye passed directly over. hit map | Radar (Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School) | NHC Report
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