hurricane intense tropical cyclone atlantic hurricane season second tropical storm hurricane major hurricane year originated tropical wave near island august moving generally westward caribbean_sea storm remained weak early existence gradually intensified reach hurricane strength south jamaica august coming ashore yucatán_peninsula late august gulf_of_mexico hurricane quickly strengthened attained peak intensity august category hurricane winds mph nearing storm waned intensity category hurricane time final landfall near texas august continuing inland hurricane weakened dissipated remnant low august hurricane landfall near northeastern tip yucatán_peninsula little information documented storm impacts storm approached texas coast widespread evacuations took place including evacuation roughly people galveston texas making landfall hurricane caused extensive damage coastal regions storm surge peaking inundated city damaged strong winds storm havoc far inland san_antonio texas winds leveled numerous buildings uprooted trees addition causing widespread power outages crops areas affected saw large losses particularly rice crop rainfall associated storm relatively light hurricane rapid forward motion inland peaking texas overall storm caused million damages deaths meteorological history tropical wave noted near utc august associated weather little signs organization official database positions atlantic hurricanes dating system listed organized tropical storm time nonetheless development slow early existence moved quickly eastward caribbean_sea forward motion slowed storm progressed westward south jamaica august signs development noted time later conducted system revealing strengthened equivalent modern day category hurricane shortly observations indicated hurricane rapidly intensifying passing north storm attained category intensity utc august shortly hurricane landfall similar intensity northeastern tip yucatán_peninsula late august gulf_of_mexico august hurricane moved northwest nearly linear path texas coast steadily intensified utc august storm reached category intensity winds mph storm maximum intensity hurricane weakened category strength making landfall midnight august near texas time storm maximum sustained winds mph hurricane force winds extending storm center circulation hurricane minimum central pressure landfall estimated mbar hpa inhg pressure reading mbar hpa inhg texas marked lowest recorded pressure inland storm quickly weakened degenerated tropical storm strength utc august located near texas weakening tropical depression following day dissipated utc august near texas preparations impact despite making landfall yucatán_peninsula august category hurricane damage reported storm traversed gulf_of_mexico evacuation procedures conducted region storm warning area galveston texas roughly people evacuated inland high number likely hurricane struck coast week prior located near texas evacuated coastal locations evacuated trucks buses trains guidance warnings published united_states weather bureau schools region prepared emergency shelters advance storm landfall making landfall near texas early august considerable damage wrought extensive area state coast hurricane produced strong storm surge storm eastern hemisphere storm tides reported texas coast southwestern louisiana station texas recorded storm tide average time highest storm surge measured texas peak observations taken florida keys hurricane galveston hurricane unusually strong tide inundated accumulation hurricane affects resulted destruction nearly building city debris sediments scattered strong waves reach san_antonio bays decreased north texas storm surge reached normal strong wave action reopened near corpus pass destroyed cottages texas located near northern edge storm crops sustained heavy damages losses rice crop amounted hurricane brought strong winds caused considerable damage far inland san_antonio texas coast texas storm lowest pressure reading mbar hpa inhg recorded winds estimated reached mph situated offshore knocked strong winds united_states_coast_guard decided sell lighthouse private owner lighthouse later land winds mph lasted roughly hours buildings later reports indicated storm worst galveston hurricane storm fast motion landfall hurricane force winds felt far inland texas texas peak wind gust mph reported damage limited oil light structures communications city texas county sheriff texas reported house damaged extent texas strong winds caused severe crop damage precipitation associated storm generally light hurricane rapid forward motion moderate heavy rainfall local extent covered limited area peaking texas contrary typical rapidly moving tropical cyclones storm rainfall fell west south storm duration point phenomenon rarely observed peak rainfall measurement located away center hurricane rain fell making landfall hurricane fast speed enabled bring strong winds impacts inland south central texas tropical cyclone considered worst entire 20th century august despite situated austin san_antonio metropolitan areas storm retained maximum sustained winds mph texas winds damaged numerous buildings similar effects occurred texas trees uprooted additional buildings damaged passing storm considered worst hurricane moved rapidly inland texas damage confined trees austin texas power lines downed strong winds san_antonio saw storm impacts south central texas gusts reaching high mph battered city hours causing extensive damage infrastructure causing numerous power outages hundreds trees uprooted resulting damage considered worst despite held ground stakes strong winds managed damage planes field total estimated damages city amounted overall hurricane caused million damages million property million crops storm damage texas spread counties storm costly hurricane season despite hurricane wide damage strong intensity people killed low number fatalities extensive evacuation procedures underwent prior storm warnings provided 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