High gusts were also reported throughout Texas with a maximum gust of 125 mph reported on the Coast Guard cutter Buttonwood (WLB-306) stationed at the northeastern part of Galveston Island. 8 inches of rain was reported in Leon County and 9 inches in the Sabine River area. Maximum rainfall in the Houston area in Harris County was about 10-11 inches. Centerville reported over 8 inches with Normangee and Noxia reporting over 7 inches. The city of Galveston reported 7¾ inches of rain, Liberty reported 9½ inches, and Greens Bayou reported almost 10 inches of rain. The mayor finally ordered a widespread evacuation of the island after midnight on August 18, but by then the bridges to the mainland were no longer usable as they have been broken. Throughout the day, however, as increasing winds began to cause damage in Galveston, people grew more worried. Gus Manuel, against the advice of Texas Governor Mark White, ordered the evacuation of only low-lying areas.ģ0 percent of Galveston's population evacuated the island when Hurricane Allen threatened the eastern Texas coastline in 1980 only 10 percent of the population living behind the seawall chose to leave when Alicia made landfall. Originally, however, residents did not take the warnings seriously. On August 17, a hurricane warning was issued for Corpus Christi to Morgan City, Louisiana and later for Port Arthur, Texas. The first ones were a gale warning and a hurricane watch for the area of Corpus Christi, Texas to Grand Isle, Louisiana which was given out on August 16. Several hurricane watches and warnings were given out that were related with Alicia. Alicia weakened very quickly after landfall, losing tropical characteristics and began to speed up to the northwest, finally losing its identity in the southeast Nebraska on August 21. The storm made landfall in Texas as a category 3 hurricane at about 1:45 a.m. Just before landfall, Alicia showed a rare "double eye" feature for a few hours. During that time, the hurricane began to gain strength at about 1 mbar an hour, peaking at 963 mbar with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) on the morning of the 18th. Alicia then began to take a more northern drection August 18 to Port Arthur, Texas.
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