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Overall effects. Fatalities. 23 total. Damage. $8.7 billion (2001 USD) Part of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The effects of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas included 23 deaths caused by extreme flooding. The first storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical ...
Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. An arguable example of the "brown ocean effect", Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical or subtropical for 16 days, most of which was when the storm was over land dumping torrential rainfall.
1980–1984. Hurricane Allen (1980) near landfall. August 10, 1980 – Hurricane Allen makes landfall near Brownsville as a Category 3 hurricane. A wind gust of 140 mph (230 km/h) is reported in Port Mansfield. Heavy rainfall is reported across South Texas, with a peak of 20.2 in (510 mm) in Kingsville.
The first storm of the season, Allison had an unusually long path for a June storm, which extended from Texas to the Mid-Atlantic states. Allison was also the first storm since Tropical Storm Frances in 1998 to strike the upper Texas coastline. The storm dropped heavy rainfall along its path, peaking at over 40 inches (1000 mm) in Texas.
Tropical Storm Allison (1989) Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical cyclone that produced severe flooding in the southern United States. The second tropical cyclone and the first named storm of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, Allison formed on June 24 in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Development of Allison was a result of the interaction ...
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid having to create new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
Hurricane Allison (1995), a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a tropical storm; killed 3 and caused minor damages. Tropical Storm Allison (2001), struck Houston, Texas, killing 41 and causing $9 billion in damages, mostly due to heavy rains and flooding. The name Allison was retired after the 2001 hurricane ...
Hurricane Allison was the first named storm and first hurricane of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. It was an early season hurricane that delivered heavy rains and caused minor damage, primarily across Cuba, Florida and Georgia . The storm developed on June 2, less than 48 hours after the official start of the hurricane season.