Hurricane Carla - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane Carla was the most intense tropical cyclone landfall in Texas in the 20th century. [1] The third named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 3. [1] As a tropical depression, it strengthened while heading northwest.
Hurricane Carla - 50th Anniversary - National Weather Service
WEBCarla was the last of 6 hurricanes to make landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds stronger than 130 mph, in the 20 th century. Carla ranks as the 9 th most intense hurricane to …
Hurricane Carla: Texas coast was impacted 61 years ago on ...
WEBSep 11, 2022 · HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On September 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla, one of the strongest storms of the century slammed into the Texas coast. Just how strong was Carla? The storm destroyed...
Today in Texas History: Hurricane Carla left catastrophic ...
WEBSep 10, 2021 · Over the Gulf, Carla would become a Category 5, 175mph hurricane in the early morning hours of the 11th. Winds dropped to 145-150mph (Cat 4) before striking the coast later that day along...
Hurricane Carla 1961 - National Weather Service
WEBRapidly moving northeastward, Carla's remnants reached the Labrador Sea, Canada and dissipated on September 17, 1961. Click here for an interactive track of Hurricane Carla. Carla was considered one of the largest major Gulf hurricanes in the 20th century.
Hurricane Carla 1961: The largest hurricane to hit Texas ...
WEBSep 12, 2020 · Hurricane Carla in 1961 was so big that it filled the Gulf of Mexico before it struck just 175 miles from Austin. PORT O'CONNOR, Texas — On Sept. 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla crashed into the...
58 years ago, Hurricane Carla slammed into the Texas coast
WEBSep 11, 2019 · HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On September 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla, one of the strongest storms of the century slammed into the Texas coast. Just how strong was Carla? The storm destroyed...