Did hurricane celia create a record storm surge

>>No Hurricane Celia did not create a storm surge.
Forty-five years ago this summer, Hurricane Celia blasted the Coastal Bend of Texas.  
Hurricane Celia formed into a tropical depression in the northwest Caribbean Sea, west of the Cayman Islands, on
July 30th 1970.  It clipped the northern portion of Cuba and became tropical storm Celia during the morning of August 1st when it entered the Gulf of Mexico. The intensification was brief as winds decreased to 90 mph during the morning of August 2nd. 
>>>>Most of the destruction appeared to be similar to what is usually associated with a tornado,

When you are making a guess you are forming a hypothesis

They must use the scientific method