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Hurricane (Typhoon) — Hardin, TX

Sep 12, 2008

Property Damage
$70.0M

Hurricane Ike caused wind damage and significant storm surge flooding across southeast Texas. Ike made landfall near Galveston, TX early in the morning on September 13th as a strong category 2 hurricane.||Sustained hurricane force winds were confined to Jefferson County, Hardin County, western Orange County, southernwestern Jasper County, and western Tyler County. The highest recorded winds were at Southeast Texas Regional Airport with sustained winds of 61 kts (70 mph) and gusts of 83 kts (96 m

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 136889). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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