Hurricane Alicia

Hurricane Alicia
Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
	Hurricane Alicia making landfall on Texas.
Formed	August 15, 1983
Dissipated	August 21, 1983
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 115 mph (185 km/h) ;
Lowest pressure	963 mbar (hPa); 28.44 inHg
Fatalities	21 direct
Damage	$2.6 billion (1983 USD)
Areas affected	Mostly Texas
	Part of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Alicia was the first named storm and first hurricane of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season. Alicia was the season's strongest and deadliest storm. It killed a total of 21 people and caused $2.6 billion (1983 dollars) in damage. It was the most destructive Texan hurricane since Hurricane Carla in 1961.^[1]

Hurricane Alicia formed from Tropical Depression Three on August 15 in the Gulf of Mexico and slowly moved west towards Texas, where it made landfall on August 18 at its strongest point with 115 mph (185 km/h) winds. Alicia quickly weakened into a tropical depression before dissipating overland on August 21.

↑ National Hurricane Center (1983). "Hurricane Alicia Prelimary Report - Page 1 - Storm History". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

[AliciaPg1-1] National Hurricane Center (1983). "Hurricane Alicia Prelimary Report - Page 1 - Storm History". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

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