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Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Category 3 Hurricane Rita became the fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season during the night. Hurricane Rita threaded the needle through the Florida Straits and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. Storm damage in the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula was light, with scattered power outages, scattered tornados, and mild to moderate flooding.

Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Galveston County TX and New Orleans. Additional evacuation orders in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area are anticipated throughout the day.

Crude oil prices reacted as oil producers shut down and evacuated workers from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track

Rita Forecast Track Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico

Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
GOM WV Loop
GOM IR Still Image
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Still Image

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

Additional Resources:

Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston

Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential
Tropical
Depression
< 39 mph
< 34 kts
    Minimal
Tropical
Storm
39 - 73 mph
34 - 63 kts
    Minimal
Hurricane 1
(Weak)
74 - 95 mph
64 - 82 kts
28.94" or more
980.02 mb or more
4.0' - 5.0'
1.2 m - 1.5 m
Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2
(Moderate)
96 - 110 mph
83 - 95 kts
28.50" - 28.93"
965.12 mb - 979.68 mb
6.0' - 8.0'
1.8 m - 2.4 m
Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3
(Strong)
111 - 130 mph
96 - 112 kts
27.91" - 28.49"
945.14 mb - 964.78 mb
9.0' - 12.0'
2.7 m - 3.7 m
Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4
(Very strong)
131 - 155 mph
113 - 135 kts
27.17" - 27.90"
920.08 mb - 944.80 mb
13.0' - 18.0'
3.9 m - 5.5 m
Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5
(Devastating)
Greater than 155 mph
Greater than 135 kts
Less than 27.17"
Less than 920.08 mb
Greater than 18.0'
Greater than 5.5m
Catastrophic building failures possible

Previous Threads:
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; katrinassister; rita; tropical; twinhurricanes
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To: truthandlife

Traffic is out of control. I left work and could barely get down Holcombe. Immediately encountered an ambulance stuck in my lane that nobody could/would let get through. Then somebody pulled up on the other side with a flat. Then there were some asians on my side trying to jump a car. It was pretty much a jam all the way from Almeda to Stella Link.


2,321 posted on 09/21/2005 3:30:14 PM PDT by johnb838 (Hurricanes.)
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To: No Blue States

I know what you mean about those houses...I see them every day that I drive to my daughter's house at Marine Creek Lake...

I NEVER would have bought there.


2,322 posted on 09/21/2005 3:30:39 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington, Texas--future home of the Dallas Cowboys!)
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To: Howlin

No camping gear, that must be someone else. If you don't hear from me after the storm, don't assume the worst. We won't have any electricity so I won't be doing any freeping. Our elect. goes off in a hard rain storm so it will surely go during Rita. We will NOT I repeat Not sit here for weeks without elec.


2,323 posted on 09/21/2005 3:30:46 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: No Blue States
Station 42003 has failed. It will be restored to service when it can be worked into the schedule."

I think some were never fixed from Katrina. Maybe this was this one?

Looks very close to where Rita is right now. I would post a diagram but don't want to take up space on the tread.

2,324 posted on 09/21/2005 3:30:46 PM PDT by mware (Keeper of the I's)
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To: RummyChick

Hmmmm, merely 16' storm surge? I do know that waves are forecast averaging 38'. 0.13' low tide 2:57 P.M. 23rd, 1.80' high tide at 1:57 A.M. 24th, 0.19' low tide at 4:07 P.M. (times CDT).


2,325 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:14 PM PDT by raygun
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To: johnb838

"My First Cousin's name is Rita"

My second wife's name is Rita -- I've spent the past 2 days cringeing every time I've heard the name.....


2,326 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:24 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Place not your faith in governments or the artifices of man)
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To: Jaded

LOL

Just got back and saw this.....

Be careful, friend. Call when you get to Austin. You and Rheo can have a hurricane party and eat chocolate! :-)


2,327 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:31 PM PDT by Jrabbit (Kaufman County, Texas)
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To: abb
I was about to post the same thing. I think this is going to be the worst disaster this country has ever seen.
2,328 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:31 PM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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To: RummyChick

Hmmmm, merely 16' storm surge? I do know that waves are forecast averaging 38'. 0.13' low tide 2:57 P.M. 23rd, 1.80' high tide at 1:57 A.M. 24th, 0.19' low tide at 4:07 P.M. (times CDT).


2,329 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:31 PM PDT by raygun
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To: texianyankee
"between Carla ('61) and Alicia ('83)?"

Hurricane Allen

2,330 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:35 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Sugar Land, Texas)
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To: roses of sharon
My family has a beachhouse on Crystal Beach, can you imagine it surviving?


My family rented a beach house on Crystal Beach this past December. We were fortunate enough to have a White Christmas! I was looking back over the pictures today and thinking the same thing.....
2,331 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:40 PM PDT by LA Woman3 (On election day, they were driven to the polls...On evacuation day, they had to fend for themselves)
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To: NautiNurse

Texas doesn't have any coastal cities 20 feet below sea level, do they?


2,332 posted on 09/21/2005 3:31:59 PM PDT by Teacher317
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To: mewzilla

Unreal...if you look at the latest sat image it looks like an eyewall replacement cycle might be going on...if this is truly the case...she might be bombing out as we speak. If this new eyewall lasts 36-hours it will mean she will have a fresh one upon landfall.

I am thinking 145-sustained/165 gusts at landfall late Friday night early Saturday morning...north of Galveston.


2,333 posted on 09/21/2005 3:32:01 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: steveegg; SouthTexas; All

Yes, paying very close attention. There are NO hotel rooms anywhere in Texas. I have spoken with so many frantic people today I am worn out.


I finally decided someone needed to do something!! So, called our local church and they are going to take people in beginning tomorrow. I will be volunteering there tomorrow, so I will have the Dover Monster Mile thread up tonight sometime.


2,334 posted on 09/21/2005 3:32:14 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (NOLA "Don't worry be happy" TEXAS "Git R Done" [shamelessly borrowed from a FReeper])
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

Amen.


2,335 posted on 09/21/2005 3:32:28 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: mware

Brit nailing Broussard and his fake crying story. When is Russert going to tell the truth?


2,336 posted on 09/21/2005 3:32:51 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: My Favorite Headache
You know I really do not see how this thing is going to slow down. Its going over warm water... Its going to catastrophic without a doubt...

I know storms circulations slows down after so many hours, but this storm seems unique.. Its going to probably pass Katrina...

I just hope I am wrong....
2,337 posted on 09/21/2005 3:33:25 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Jim Noble; Howlin

Someone ping me if anyone posts a good chicken fry. ;-) They don't make 'em here.


2,338 posted on 09/21/2005 3:33:27 PM PDT by kenth
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To: Leapfrog

Yep.


2,339 posted on 09/21/2005 3:33:34 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: RummyChick

A storm surge comparable to the surge of Katrina will drown almost every square foot of Galveston, if not every square food.


2,340 posted on 09/21/2005 3:33:38 PM PDT by SaveTheChief (The Woodlands, TX)
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