Posted on 06/04/2025 6:44:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tropical storms and hurricanes that move slowly near the coast or inland are among the most feared by forecasters.
Sometimes these tropical cyclones may not have powerful wind speeds, but the threats posed can be amplified due to their sluggish pace.
Here's a look at what a slow speed means for rainfall potential and some other typical threats from a storm that's in no hurry to exit a region.
A slow-moving storm brings relentless rainfall In focus: The slower a storm moves, the more incredible the rainfall amounts can become. A storm chugging along at just 5 mph has a rainfall potential upwards of 30 inches, while one moving briskly at 20 mph typically produces much smaller rain totals in any given location. When this occurs near mountainous terrain, rainfall totals can be further enhanced. Reinforced: A landfalling major hurricane that is moving at an average or faster-than-average pace can drop less rainfall than a slow-moving tropical depression or storm.
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The eye of Jeanne passed over us at 1 mph w/ 90 mph sustained winds. It was 12 hours of hell that I don’t want to relive anytime soon.
WOW
Anything else? LOL
1) Know what the typical weather is in your geography
2) Pay attention to hazardous weather warnings 3) Be prepared
I heard a hurricane forecast guy that said if you divide 50 by forward speed you will get approximate rainfall.
In 1979, a tropical depression stalled on the Gulf Coast of Texas between Houston and Galveston and dumped 44” in 24 hours, a record that still stands.
that is amazing
That’s about three years’ worth around here.
Agnes ruined my June in 1972. Like three weeks of a stalled tropical storm over the mid Atlantic states. As a kid, all I got to do was watch cartoons and float makeshift toy boats down the street gutters. Nasty stalled mess of a storm.
Yikes
Yes, but thank goodness we didn’t have Climate Change religion fifty years ago!
And I remember snow storms before climate change that dumped snow all the way up to my waist ... of course I was only 3 feet tall at the time.
Because they’re over you longer.
That is not rocket science.
Hurricane Harvey was a major headache. It hit Houston, and basically just stopped moving. Had constant HARD rain for 3-4 days. Wind was minor compared to something like Ike, but rainfall destroyed many neighborhoods.
First the climate scammers promised more hurricanes. When that didn’t happen the promised stronger hurricanes. Now that hasn’t happened so they are left with “tropical storms are worse than the hurricanes we lied about.”
A stalled tropical storm over land is now wordsmithed into an “Atmospheric River”.
I’ll take rainfall over intensity every time. YMMV.
Tropical Storm Allison in the late 90’s is a good example. Massive flooding in the Houston area took lives.
Katrina was sluggish but large mass
Camille was a testarossa cane strength wise but smaller mass
Both similarly destroyed same areas
So yes a slower moving weaker storm can match a fast once a century storm
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