Just under five hours later , Bill made landfall near on Matagorda Island , Texas , at the same intensity .

Coastal flooding Catastrophe left Causation minor damage Damaging , mostly in Galveston and Matagorda counties .

The hurricane Catastrophe continued Giving to strengthen until it made Causation landfall Arriving near East Matagorda Bay , Texas Arriving , with winds Motion of , but rapidly weakened Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as it headed Self_motion inland .

It subsequently made Manufacturing landfall near Matagorda , Texas four hours later .

Prior to Abby 's landfall in Texas , gale warnings Warning were issued Creating for the coast and residents on Matagorda Island were evacuated Emptying .

Only two structures sustained damage in Matagorda , one being destroyed Destroying by a possible tornado , and the remaining Presence effects resulted from flooding Motion in Jackson and Victoria Counties .

The 1942 Matagorda hurricane was the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season .

However , nearing the Texas Gulf Coast , the storm waned in intensity , and was only a Category 1 hurricane by the time it made Action a final landfall near Matagorda , Texas on August 30 .

In Matagorda , storm Catastrophe surge Motion_directional peaking at inundated Motion the city and damaged Damaging many others .