Hurricane Bret (1999)

Forming from a tropical wave on 18 August, it organised slowly within weak steering currents in the Bay of Campeche before attaining peak winds of 145 mph and a barometric pressure of 944 millibars. It threatened several cities along the Texas coastline and 180,000 residents evacuated. Landfall came in a sparsely populated region, and damage was relatively little in comparison with its intensity.

Formed (UTC)

1999-08-18

Dissipated (UTC)

1999-08-25

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

125

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1999231N20266

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic, category 4, texas, bay of campeche, evacuation, 1999

Coordinates: 26.181496810543813, -96.08149681054381

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

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