Hurricane Catastrophe Gladys was the farthest tropical cyclone from the United States to be observed Perception_active by radar in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Carla in 1961 .

Hurricane Carla ranks as the most intense U.S. tropical cyclone landfall on the Hurricane Severity Index .

The third named storm Catastrophe and first Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season , Carla developed Coming_to_be from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 3 .

About 24 hours later , Carla was upgraded Cause_to_make_progress to a hurricane Catastrophe .

Late on September 7 , Carla entered Arriving the Gulf of Mexico while passing Motion_directional just northeast of the Yucatán Peninsula .

Resuming its northwestward course , Carla continued intensification and on September 11 , it was upgraded Cause_to_make_progress to a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe .

Later that day , Carla weakened Cause_change_of_strength slightly , but was still a large and intense hurricane Catastrophe when the storm made Manufacturing landfall near Port O'Connor , Texas .

Heading generally northward , Carla transitioned Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale into an extratropical cyclone on September 13 , while centered Placing over southern Oklahoma .

Rapidly moving Motion northeastward , Carla 's remnants reached Arriving the Labrador Sea , Canada and dissipated Dispersal on September 17 , 1961 .

While crossing Motion_directional the Yucatán Channel , the outer bands of Carla brought Bringing gusty winds and severe local flooding Motion in western Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula , though no damage Damaging or fatalities were reported Reporting .

The aforementioned tornado remains Temporary_stay the strongest hurricane-spawned tornado ever recorded Recording , with wind speeds in the tornado nearly 50 % greater than Carla 's peak intensity .

Throughout the state , Carla destroyed Destroying 1,915 homes , 568 farm buildings Building , and 415 other buildings Building .

Six deaths Death and $ 25 million in losses Earnings_and_losses in Louisiana were attributed Causation to Carla .

Overall , Carla resulted in Causation $ 325.74 million in losses Earnings_and_losses and 43 fatalities .