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Disturbed conditions were first observed in connection with this storm on the morning of August 26, when two vessels in the north-central Gulf of Mexico reported squalls, and t'he wind velocity a t Port Eads, La., was 28 m. p. h. from the east. During the night of August 25, 5.50 inches of rain fell a t Port Eads. By the night of the 26th there had been an increase in wind velocity and a decrease in pressure, with a movement of the hsturbed condition toward the west-nort,hwest. However, no definite center had developed at this t,ime; but st,oriii warnings were issued for t'he Tesas coast between Port Arthur and Port O'Connor. By the morning of t,he 27th a definit'e c,enter had developed and was 1oca.ted about 50 miles east of Galveston, the lowest reported pressure being 29.46 inches, and the highest wind velocity 70 ni. p. h. (estimated). A maxiniuni wind velocity of 30 ni. p. h. from the east-northeast was recorded a t Port Art,hur during t'he night of Bugust 26. Storm warnings were changed to hurricane warnings froin Port Arthur to Gal-veston a t S:30 a. in. E. s. T. on August 27, and hurricane warnings were issued west of Galpeston to Freeport a t 2:45 p. ni. Caution was also advised against possibility of dangerous gales west of Freeport to Matagorda. It was apparent at this t,inie that the disturbance was turning more to the west or west-southwest. After the 27th, the storm moved sou th-southwestward, and crossed the Mesican coast a short, distance north of Tampico during the night of August 31. Such a course of a tropical disturbance along the Texas coast is unprecedented. The lowest pressure reported a t any coastal station was 29.62 inches a.t Galveston on the 27th. Approximately the same pressure was recorded by independent observers a t Freeport during the early morning of the 28th. The highest wind velocities recorded a t coastal stations during the storm were as follows: Port Arthur, 34 m. The lowest pressure and highest wind velocity were reDort,ed bv the steanishiD Simon von Utrecht on the afternoon bf August 28, &en the vessel was about 75 niiles south-southwest of Galveston: Pressure, 29.34 inches; wind velocity, 80 m. p. h. (estimated). There was no serious damage along the Tesas coast. After receipt of the storm warnings on August 26, beaches and low sections were evacuated, …

THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OF AUGUST 26–31, 1934