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Types of Offshore Platforms - Oil platform and rig designs for different water depths.
Historic Florida Hurricane Pathes
Lake Charles District Tracts and
Offshore Oil Rigs
Lake Jackson District Tracts and
Offshore Oil Rigs
New Orleans District Tracts and
Offshore Oil Rigs
Corpus Christi District Tracts and
Offshore Oil Rigs
Houma District Tracts and Offshore
Oil Rigs
Santa Barbara Channel Tracts and
Offshore Oil Rigs
Use the above pulldown menu to find hurricanes by name.
This Gulf Coast Hurricane track map shows major hurricane storms that have hit the western and central Gulf Coast of the United
States.
Gulf Coast Hurricanes. Find the tracks of the Gulf Coast's most powerful hurricanes including - Hurricane Camille,
Katrina, Frederic, Isidore, Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Flossy, Hurricane Ethel, Hurricane Eloise, Hurricane Elena, Hurricane Audrey,
Hurricane Carla, Hurricane Beulah , Hurricane Celia, Hurricane Allen , Hurricane Alicia , and Hurricane Gilbert.
Hurricane map shows major historic storm tracks along the Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi coasts of the
most powerful hurricanes that caused major loss of life, storm surge, property damage and insurance claims.
The map only shows the storm tracks that are category three and above to keep the map readable.
Green = Category three strength
Orange = Category four strength
Red = Category five strength
Calculating Hurricane strength -
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale system is a 1 to 5 rating system on a hurricane's current intensity. This is used to give an
estimate of the possible property damage and area flooding that may occur along the coast from where the hurricane landfall is. Wind speed is the determining
level factor in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale.
Tropical Storm
Winds 39-73 mph
Category One Hurricanes:
Winds 74-95 mph = 64-82 knots or 119-153 km/hr
Category Two Hurricanes:
Winds 96-110 mph = 83-95 knots or 154-177 km/hr
Category Three Hurricanes:
Winds 111-130 mph = 96-113 knots or 178-209 km/hr
Category Four Hurricanes:
Winds 131-155 mph = 114-135 knots or 210-249 km/hr
Category Five Hurricanes:
Winds greater than 155 mph = 135 knots or 249 km/hr
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