hurricane allen hurricane allen rare extremely powerful cape type hurricane struck caribbean eastern northern mexico southern texas strongest hurricane atlantic hurricane season named storm tropical cyclone atlantic hurricane season strongest hurricanes recorded history hurricanes reach category status saffir simpson hurricane scale separate occasions spent time category atlantic hurricane allen hurricane recorded history atlantic basin achieve sustained winds mph making strongest atlantic hurricane wind speed hurricane highest sustained winds entire life allen moved deep tropics west northwesterly course tropical atlantic_ocean caribbean_sea gulf_of_mexico making final landfall near united_states mexico border peak strength passed near haiti causing hundreds deaths heavy damage crossing gulf_of_mexico allen weakened struck lower texas coast causing high winds significant storm surge heavy rainfall caused damage southern texas overall allen killed people left billion damage usd united_states haiti impact allen retired year revolving list atlantic tropical cyclone names replaced andrew andrew subsequently retired season hurricane andrew dissipating storm precipitated end heat wave places like dallas texas recorded days heat meteorological history allen early cape_verde type hurricane originated tropical wave previously moved african coastline july system developed moved westward tropical depression august national_hurricane_center initiate advisories allen hours later centered east windward_islands early august depression moved caribbean intensified named storm season national_hurricane_center noted conditions appeared favorable intensification noted large cold low north puerto_rico producing strong westerly wind shear cause allen possibly encounter unfavorable conditions hours slower forward movement anticipated allen kept generally westward pace mph august national_hurricane_center retracted predictions favorable conditions cold low north puerto_rico weather system weakening moving westward utc august national_hurricane_center upgraded allen hurricane status air force plane recorded winds mph post analysis discovered allen hurricane utc august shortly upgrade allen began period rapid deepening intensified major hurricane utc august roughly northwest hours later allen passed south utc national_hurricane_center noted conditions favored slow strengthening allen continued rapidly intensify category hurricane hours advisory later august national_hurricane_center noted barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg drop significantly hours shortly utc august minimum pressure decreased mbar hpa inhg noted equivalent hurricane david previous season august allen intensified category hurricane south puerto_rico allen earliest category hurricane atlantic record later surpassed reached intensity july time allen attained central pressure mbar hpa inhg lowest pressure record eastern caribbean sea barometric pressure dropped mbar hpa inhg hours national_hurricane_center stated pressure decrease significantly hours eye passed hispaniola jamaica category hurricane weakening friction mountains haiti jamaica allen intensified category hurricane retaining intensity day moved past islands causing moderate damage winds near mph storm moved cuba yucatán_peninsula reaching peak intensity mph minimum pressure mbar hpa inhg crossing allen trek caribbean_sea gulf_of_mexico center circulation crossed land despite close passage islands caribbean sea allen weakened category storm friction mexico eyewall replacement cycle category hurricane time moved open waters gulf_of_mexico keeping intensity nearly day pressure drop mbar hpa inhg lowest pressure recorded western gulf_of_mexico shortly landfall dry air mass western gulf_of_mexico caused storm weaken substantially allen landfall north texas category storm maximum sustained winds mph allen extratropical august preparations allen approached caribbean_sea gale warnings hurricane watch issued islands barbados martinique guadeloupe daylight hours august gale warnings effect antigua august august hurricane warnings raised barbados martinique early afternoon august late morning august allen moved caribbean sea hurricane watches issued southeastern sections dominican_republic southwestern peninsula haiti august morning august gale warnings effect southern dominican_republic night august night august southern haiti maintained warnings night august morning august hurricane watch issued jamaica morning hours august hurricane warnings raised southwest peninsula haiti late morning august morning august hurricane warnings went effect jamaica noon august late afternoon august saw hurricane watches issued afternoon august morning august watches upgraded hurricane warnings morning late afternoon august allen approached gulf_of_mexico hurricane warnings raised northeast peninsula mexico afternoon august morning august gale warnings effect evening august early morning august allen approached final landfall northeast mexican coast texas coast placed hurricane watch morning august morning august mexico afternoon august texas hurricane warnings posted texas coast afternoon august lowered north texas afternoon august south afternoon august gale warnings hurricane watch issued louisiana coast bay westward afternoon august afternoon august hurricane warnings effect northeast mexico early afternoon august late afternoon august hurricane warnings downgraded gale warnings texas texas late afternoon august late afternoon august hurricane watches dropped louisiana coast late afternoon august hurricane warnings downgraded gale warnings lower texas coast south late afternoon august early morning august impact allen caused billion usd damages killed people course including indirect deaths caribbean islands barbados preliminary damages estimated million usd houses damaged destroyed deaths reported sustained catastrophic damage strong category hurricane sustained winds knots sea level pressure low inhg reported eighteen people lost lives result storm passage death guadeloupe attributed allen martinique damage extensive storm passed miles south island waves metres high battered coast island storm central caribbean hit winds excess mph caused considerable property damage coral reef discover bay jamaica devastated wave action storm greater numbers smaller sized witnessed wake allen deaths jamaica attributed allen damage significant northeast coast hurricane closest approach island created metres storm surge deaths attributed allen cuba extensive damage occurred haiti high winds flash flooding total costs country estimated million usd roughly nation coffee crop destroyed people killed left homeless port prince deaths caused tin roofs flying homeless flooding people reported dead flooding mexico areas northeastern mexico saw heavy rains passage allen highest totals exceeding inches hurricane earlier brushed yucatán_peninsula allen affected sparsely populated regions mexico reports significant damage united_states texas storm surge reported high feet port higher texas coast peak wind gust mph measured port tropical storm force winds texas blew roof gravel city led substantial glass story story wing hospital storm caused seven deaths texas louisiana resulting crash helicopter evacuating workers offshore platform allen spawned tornadoes texas tornado caused million damage hit austin texas making tropical cyclone spawned tornado recorded history overall storm caused limited damage united_states suddenly diminished power highest tides winds hit sparsely populated portion texas coast allen dumped inches inches rain south texas ending summer long drought heat wave retirement destruction extreme death tolls intensity allen retired atlantic storms list spring future atlantic hurricane replaced andrew season retired widespread damage florida following second usage replaced alex records allen reached category intensity august earliest category storm recorded record stood hurricane emily surpassed july allen atlantic hurricanes reach category saffir simpson hurricane scale separate occasions allen produced fifth lowest minimum pressure recorded atlantic basin mbar hpa strongest known hurricane basin terms pressure second strongest hurricane pressure pushed fifth hurricane achieved miles hour winds basin remains intense storm august allen spent nearly days category storm initially longest stretch previous atlantic hurricane record cuba hurricane showed spent hours longer category intensity allen spent longer category storms including recently karen nancy early 1960s
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