Hurricane Harvey Live Thread Part II

Various ^ | 8/26/2017 | Various

[NautiNurse]

Prayers to TX FReepers in the path of this storm. Please check in when you can.

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
500 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017

...5 am CDT position and intensity update...
...Harvey producing heavy rain over southeastern Texas...
A NOAA tide gauge at Port Lavaca, Texas, recently measured a water
level of 6.6 feet above Mean Higher High Water.

An automated mesonet rain gauge near Victoria, Texas, is reporting
a 24 h precipitation total of 16.43 inches.

Summary Of 500 Am Cdt...1000 Utc...Information
----------------------------------------------
Location...28.5n 97.2w
About 30 Mi...SW Of Victoria Texas
About 105 Mi...SE Of San Antonio Texas
Maximum Sustained Winds...90 Mph...
Present Movement...NW Or 325 Degrees At 6 Mph...
inimum Central Pressure...967 Mb...28.56 Inches

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[OwenKellogg]

Thanks for your work, NN.

[KC Burke]

Thanks NN

[NautiNurse]

Glad to assist.

[NautiNurse]

Looking for a good source where we can track cumulative precipitation totals in the TX Gulf coast area.

[RegulatorCountry]

Prayers for the people of little Rockport, TX, that has been hardest hit with apparently major structural damage to several significant buildings. I hope injuries are minimal and that there was no loss of life.

But, all in all, it sounds as if the overall damage from hurricane winds and storm surge has been mercifully minimal, and this will be primarily a flooding event from very heavy rain. So, it’s far from over, this will be going on for some time as the rivers crest. Sounds a lot like Hurricane Floyd that hit NC.

[blueyon]

How did Texas make out last night?

[norwaypinesavage]

I’m at the northern edge of Harvey, about 100 miles inland. The outer bands hit here a couple of hours ago. It’s still headed this way, but it’s expected to turn around and head east soon. We’ve had only an inch of rain so far with mild wind. We’re protected by a hill to the east which should keep the winds down. We’re along the Guadalupe river, which is the most flood prone river in the US, but it’s 400 feet elevation below this location. Lower elevations have to worry. Rockport has taken the brunt of the storm, and it’s a long distance away.

[Tax-chick]

There are reports of scattered structural fires and a shooting was reported in Corpus Christi.

"Storm damage."

[Guenevere]

I have family in Austin......
.....they aren’t ‘too worried’ but monitoring
It’s the Hill Country.....but certain areas still flood easily

[RegulatorCountry]

I’d imagine one shooting was less than a typical Friday night, myself. It’s odd that it would be included, unless it was a homeowner or property owner shooting an attempted looter.

[NautiNurse]

Houston is bracing for heavy rain bands and flash floods.

[KC Burke]

Looking for a good source where we can track cumulative precipitation totals in the TX Gulf coast area.

This gives a lot of detail in the Houston area and the surrounding county. I looks to me that they are getting as much of the rain brunt the last few hours.

https://www.harriscountyfws.org

[NautiNurse]

Odd for a shooting during a storm. They usually wait until heat and humidity set off tempers after the storm.

[NautiNurse]

Good info—thanks!

[NautiNurse]

FNC reporting Rockport lost cell phone service.

[KC Burke]

Another detail map. I change it to show participation and lengthen it to 24 hour totals and then zoom it to get more reporting stations detail.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=8&scroll_zoom=true&center=27.829360859789794,-99.2449951171875&basemap=OpenStreetMap&boundaries=true,false,false&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=true&obs_density=1

It is very awkward for Apple iOS but it may work okay for the DOS users.

[zzeeman]

As always, thank you for your diligent work on managing these threads for us!

[trebb]

Adding prayers to yours. Looks like the one "good" thing is that it seems to have a likelihood of not getting back over the Gulf. Might save millions others of the same tragedy.

My heart goes out to those who will have to deal with fully gutting their homes from flooding.