Hurricane Storm Research Paper

Back in 1957, meteorologists and citizens did not have the technology we have today to track hurricanes. Everyone knew there was a storm arriving, but people were not expecting it to come until the following afternoon. Hurricane Audrey developed from a tropical wave that moved across the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea during June 1957. The system began deepening over the Gulf of Mexico during on June 24, 1957. On June 25 at 06 GMT, the tropical storm was located at 21.6 Latitude, 93.3 longitude with wind speeds up to 70 mph. On June 25, the storm stopped over the southwestern Gulf and it quickly became a hurricane. The storm was located at 23.9 latitude, 93.7 longitude with wind speeds up to 90 mph. The storm moved northward at 5mph, and it …show more content…
Texas received a daily record rainfall of 7.35 inches and Louisiana experienced a maximum reading of 10.63 inches in Basile. The Storm surge caused by Audrey when she pushed ashore was 12 feet, which unfortunately caused massive destruction and took many lives. Galveston, Texas to Cocodrie, Louisiana had 6 feet of storm surge. Several tornadoes touched down in New Orleans. Most of the lives taken that day was due to the storm surge. About 60- 80 percent of all the houses and businesses within a 22-mile stretch from Cameron to Grand Chenier were destroyed or severely damaged. On June 28, the destructive storm was slowing down at 33.3 latitude, 91.6 longitude with winds blowing at approximately 45 mph. The storms last stop before moving out of the country was at 43.7 latitude, 77.1 longitude with winds blowing at 60-mph. Surprisingly, the storm re-strengthened as it moved through the Ohio River Valley. Jamestown, New York experienced winds as high as 100mph with the heaviest in Illinois and Indiana. The storm finally moved out of the country on June 29, 1957. The cost of the damage was approximately 150 million