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HURRICANE ALLEN Hurricane Allen lashed out at the Kings- ville area early Sunday bringing with it just enough tropical fury to keep resi- dents on edge. Although the storm tore roofs loose, tumbled trees and downed utility lines across the city, hurricane force winds never reached Kingsville. Naval Air Sta- tion weather office reported the strongest sustained wind at 69 mph, which is 5 mph short of hurricane force. It was measured at 7:55 a,m. Sunday while the wind was out of the east- southeast. A peak gust to 87 mph from the south- east was reported at trie base about 8:30 a.m. Rainfall totals from around the county were difficult to attain because com- munications were still not back to nor- mal Tuesday. However, general rains of about 18 inches were common. The base had an estimated three day total of 18.96 inches. Rainfall in south- east Kingsville was estimated at about 15 inches. It was difficult to accurately measure the rain because gusty winds kept some of the precipitation out of the gauges. Forecaster Wayne Norman of the Cor- pus Christi National Weather Service said Kingsville got the heaviest rainfall. 'Early assessments place the worst fresh water damage in Kleberg County, especially in Kingsville Norman said. 'Serious flooding from fresh and saltwa- ter occurred at Loyola and Riviera Beaches. Flood water isolated Kingsville and the surrounding communities of Bishop, Riviera, Ricardo and Vattmann for near- ly two days. At one point water on U.S. 77 was up to the headlights on tractor-trailer trucks. The highway finally had to be closed because officers said travel through the water was to dangerous. U.S. 77 was opened north of Kings- ville and south to Sarita Tuesday. At last report, only tractor-trailer trucks could make it from Sarita to the Valley. As if the tropical storm force winds and flooding weren't enough, there were numerous reports of tornados and funnel clouds in this area. The first report came for the Kingsville Police Department when an officer spot- ted a funnel over the northwest part of the city Friday. Weathermen said it is possible Kings- ville and Falfurrias bore the brunt of the hurricane's wrath. The center came up to near Falfurrias and then moved west-northwest Nor- man explained. That put Kingsville in the storm's northeast quadrant, which is the worst part of the storm. A hurricane watch for the Texas coast was issued midday Friday as Allen roared into the Gulf with 170 mpg winds. At that time, the barometric pressure in the center of the storm dropped to 26,96 inches, making Allen the second most intense hurricane in the history of the Atlantic, Carribean and Gulf. Allen is surpassed only by an un- named hurricane that passed over the Florida keys in the 1930's. The pressure dropped to 26.35 inches in the center of the storm. Early forecasts had Allen taking a direct path to Baffin Bay Friday. Howev- er, the west-northwest trek later con- vinced weathermen Brownsville would be the storm's target. Because of weak steering currents, the eye pushed to within 60 miles of Browns- ville Saturday and stalled. The top wind then was 165 mph. As high pressure to the north began to erode, Allen took a north-westerly path and moved inland near Port Isabel. Gale winds of 39 mph or better began buffeting Kingsville at 2 a.m. Sunday and continued for the next nine hours. Although hurricane winds weren't re- corded locally, winds near the storm center were still 110 mph after the eye was about 30 miles inland. Allen's center passed 30 to 40 miles southwest of Kingsville about 10 a.m. Sunday. It finally lost hurricane strength near Laredo late Sunday when the sustained winds fell to 60 mph. a Allen at 4:02 PM August 9, 1980
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