▁coast al ▁road way . ▁High ▁waves ▁also ▁s ank ▁a ▁boat , ▁killing ▁three ▁people . ▁ ▁Three ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁made ▁its ▁final ▁land fall , ▁officials ▁at ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁in ▁Brow ns ville ▁issued ▁a ▁warning ▁to ▁all ▁stations ▁along ▁the ▁Texas ▁coast , ▁declaring ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" unc ertain ▁where ▁tropical ▁storm ▁in ▁G ulf ▁will ▁reach ▁coast ▁line , ▁but ▁all ▁persons ▁should ▁be ▁war ned ▁to ▁remain ▁away ▁from ▁in access ible ▁places ▁on ▁Texas ▁coast ▁over ▁week ▁end ." ▁The ▁early ▁warning ▁was ▁to ▁prevent ▁travel ers ▁from ▁being ▁on ▁the ▁Texas ▁be aches ▁on ▁Labor ▁Day ▁Week end . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁an ▁official ▁at ▁the ▁Cor pus ▁Christ i ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁office ▁estimated ▁that ▁the ▁warning ▁" pro bably ▁saved ▁thousands ▁of ▁lives ." ▁Early ▁on ▁September   4 ▁about ▁a ▁day ▁before ▁land fall , ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁issued ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁warning ▁from ▁Cor pus ▁Christ i ▁to ▁Free port ▁and ▁storm ▁warnings ▁for ▁other ▁locations ▁along ▁the ▁Texas ▁coast . ▁When ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁west ward ▁motion ▁became ▁more ▁apparent , ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁warning ▁was ▁dropped ▁north ▁of ▁Cor pus ▁Christ i ▁and ▁extended ▁south ward ▁to ▁Brow ns ville . ▁Official s ▁in ▁Cor pus ▁Christ i ▁declared ▁mart ial ▁law ▁before ▁the ▁storm ▁struck ▁and ▁ordered ▁mand atory ▁ev acu ations ▁of ▁low - lying ▁areas . ▁Sh el ters ▁opened ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁and