Hurricane Alicia, Galveston and Houston, Texas August 17-18, 1983

摘要

Hurricane Alicia, which came ashore near Galveston, Texas, during the night of August 17-18, 1983, was the first tropical cyclone of full hurricane intensity to strike the U.S. mainland in over three years. It will be recorded as the second most costly storm ever to strike the United States, if Hurricane Agnes, which in 1972 caused inland flooding over a large part of the U.S. East Coast, is excluded. Alicia's coastal property damage was exceeded only by that of Hurricane Frederic, which came ashore near Mobile, Alabama, in 1979. The purposes of this report are to document the storm's characteristics and effects, to call attention to specific characteristics, effects, and storm-related conditions that could be studied further with beneficial results, and to examine the warnings, responses, and recovery occasioned by the storm.