| WHARTON | COUNTY | ||||||||||
| ESTIMATED |
POSSIBLE |
WIND | SPEEDS (MPH) | ||||||||
| HURRICANE STRENGTH | EAST | EL | |||||||||
| (SAFFIR-SIMPSON) | BOLING | BERNARD | CAMPO | LOUISE | WHARTON | ||||||
| 1 | 58-74 | 49-67 | 59-75 | 60-76 | 57-73 | ||||||
| 2 | 75-86 | 67-76 | 76-87 | 77-88 | 74-85 | ||||||
| 3 | 88-103 | 80-94 | 89-105 | 90-106 | 87-102 | ||||||
| 4 | 103-123 | 95-112 | 105-125 | 106-126 | 102-122 | ||||||
| 5 | 127-142 | 119-133 | 128-143 | 129-144 | 126-141 | ||||||
| BASIC | ASSUMPTIONS | ||||||||||
| 1 | LANDFALL OF HURRICANE IS BETWEEN PALACIOS AND MATAGORDA | ||||||||||
| 2 | WHARTON COUNTY IS IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM | ||||||||||
| 3 | FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS 15 MPH | ||||||||||
| 4 | HURRICANE TRACK IS THRU LISTED COMMUNITY | ||||||||||
| 5 | WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED FROM NUMBERS PROVIDED BY THE | ||||||||||
| ADDENDUM TO STORM ATLAS: SEPTEMBER 1993, PREPARED BY | |||||||||||
| DEM, DPS, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | |||||||||||
| 6 | THESE NUMBERS COULD VARY GREATLY DEPENDING UPON STORM | ||||||||||
| SIZE, DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND OTHER VARIABLES | |||||||||||
| 7 | THE WIND SPEEDS ARE BASED ON THE REDUCTION IN 5 MILE | ||||||||||
| INCREMENTS REMAINING CONSTANT. THE ORIGINAL CHART | |||||||||||
| PROVIDES ONLY THE FIRST 25 MILE DISTANCE, ALL MILEAGE | |||||||||||
| IN EXCESS OF 25 MILES IS AN EXTENSION OF THE ORIGINAL | |||||||||||
| DATA. | |||||||||||
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