 A small 90 mph ( 150 km / h ) hurricane was first observed on June 25 , about 75 miles ( 120 km / h ) southeast of Freeport , Texas . It tracked westward , moving ashore near Matagorda Bay later that night near peak intensity , with an estimated minimum barometric central pressure of 977 mbar ; due to lack of observations , it is possible the hurricane struck as the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir @-@ Simpson scale . The cyclone slowly weakened as it turned northwestward , with hurricane force wind gusts reported 24 hours after landfall in current @-@ day Medina County . It is estimated that the storm dissipated early on June 28 over central Texas . 
