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formed and traversed for 22 mi (35 km) across the northern suburbs of the city, killing a person and causing 15 injuries. The tornado also had a path width of 75 yd (69 m), and damage to property was estimated at $ 35,000. Heavy rainfall from the storm was reported as far
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rose up to 15 ft (4.6 m) above normal, inundating the coastal city and forcing the coastline to retreat 50 ft (15 m) from its initial position. At the time, the measured storm surge was only the third highest recorded in Texas history, behind peak measurements taken during the
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were warned to remain in port or return to the coast. All other shipping in the western Gulf of Mexico were advised to exercise extreme caution. Despite having just formed, forecasters already suggested that it would be potentially the most destructive storm of the hurricane season thus far. As a
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on August 24. In favorable conditions, the system quickly intensified as it steadily moved northward, attaining hurricane intensity later that day. As it approached the coast, however, the hurricane quickly slowed in forward motion, allowing it time to intensify off the Texas coast. After
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Houston, an F3
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was fully evacuated prior to the storm impacting land. Throughout the hurricane's early developmental stages, reconnaissance flights were periodically made into the storm to gather data.
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of 45 mph (72 km/h). Initially, the tropical storm moved generally northward at approximately 18 mph (29 km/h), but gradually slowed as it neared the
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1274:. Corpus Christi, Texas. Associated Press. August 27, 1945. p. 1
1248:. Corpus Christi, Texas. Associated Press. August 27, 1945. p. 1
1149:. Corpus Christi, Texas. Associated Press. August 27, 1945. p. 2
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1541:"Preliminary Report Of Tornadoes In The United States During 1945"
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on August 24. At the time, the storm already maintained
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1143:"110-M.P.H. Tropic Hurricane Moves Inland Over Texas"
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