Hurricane (Typhoon) — Coastal Cameron, Texas
July 23, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
After edging northward just off the Cameron County coastline during the early to mid morning, the inner western eyewall reached South Padre Island at around 11 AM CDT, further intensifying between 11 AM and 1 PM while edging across Laguna Madre into Port Isabel, Bayview, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista. Sustained winds at 7.2 feet above ground level in completely exposed areas peaked at 78 mph at 1:20 PM CDT on South Padre Island, measured by a sensor just north of the northernmost beach access point. ||As the western eyewall continued to intensify and begin moving inland, it is assumed that at similarly exposed locations near the coast, periods of sustained one minute winds just above hurricane force (74 mph) were experienced. Peak sustained winds at higher exposed locations, such as ne
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.