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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: SouthTexas

Send over the caution pool pick early then.


441 posted on 09/21/2005 6:33:38 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: OB1kNOb

Chambers Cty has flood surge problems. Which is Port Arthur and Beaumont. Do a search and see if you can't find a storm surge map for that area. This AM local weather man talked about the areas for storm surge and Chambers Cty is one of them.


442 posted on 09/21/2005 6:33:46 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: epaul
I am nearly in tears of pride watching the evac go as PLANNED.

The only silver lining in Rita is that the world is going to see Texas do what Louisiana failed to do, and no matter how the MSM tries to spin it, the bozos in LA will be properly judged by history... and by God.

443 posted on 09/21/2005 6:34:18 AM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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To: 11th_VA

I'm here in the DC area with ya - and I'm worried about the lack of news coverage this weekend too. Only the local news.
When the rally was going on in Crawford and Katrina was going thru FLA we were robbed of live coverage. On the rally thread we even came up with a nickname 'getting Katrina'd.' (Of course that was before it entered the gulf).


444 posted on 09/21/2005 6:34:31 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: NautiNurse

I woke up this morning to see this news. Cat 4. Just damn.

Please God, no. My employers is one of the contractors that is helping clean up LA, MS and AL. We are all working insane hours ... so yeah, its a selfish reason, but I wanted a break from the cleanup insanity.

And of course, I also don't want to see anymore devastation and heartbreak. This is too much.


445 posted on 09/21/2005 6:34:31 AM PDT by kemathen7
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To: TX Bluebonnet

It looks like a buzz saw blade.


446 posted on 09/21/2005 6:34:42 AM PDT by johnb838 (Logic and reason are tools of the white oppressor.)
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To: Rebelbase

Information is limited given no recon back then but the Galveston storm topped out at 125 kts, based on best estimates, which is 10 kts below Cat 5.


447 posted on 09/21/2005 6:34:48 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: jeffers
"f someone could note a couple of the more significant storms and post some links to more detailed data on what effects they had, especially surge and runoff flooding, I'd appreciate it."


This may be helpful:

Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year from Tropical Prediction Center Best Track Reanalysis

This is a list of Atlantic hurricanes since 1851. Provided are charts on the track of the storm plus a text based table of tracking information. The table includes position in latitude and longitude, maximum sustained winds in knots, and central pressure in millibars.

448 posted on 09/21/2005 6:36:28 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: Leapfrog

What's the bag limit for looters in Texas?


449 posted on 09/21/2005 6:36:56 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
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To: steveegg
Think I better get my race team up too. Let WCG pick first.

Glad I'm at work and have time to do these things. :)

450 posted on 09/21/2005 6:37:00 AM PDT by SouthTexas (Refugio County)
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To: 11th_VA

I think Cindy is the cause. Every time she tries a huge grandstanding event, a major hurricane hits.

BTW, they are QUITE concerned in Dummieland that the hurricane will steal their coverage.


451 posted on 09/21/2005 6:37:41 AM PDT by Hoodlum91
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To: WestCoastGal

People in the Kroger last night were sort of acting like the storm was going to hit in a couple of hours. Frankly, the shopping experience really freaked me out. I hope I don't have to go back. I got a bunch of stuff I can open and eat cold. It's all I need. I've got a pocketknife with an opener. I pity the fool without a swiss army knife.


452 posted on 09/21/2005 6:37:44 AM PDT by johnb838 (Logic and reason are tools of the white oppressor.)
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To: Trust but Verify
Agree. Besides that, sheltering and feeding thousands of rescued lost pets costs a small fortune. They are literally begging for pet food from Katrina. And these pets still remain homeless :(
453 posted on 09/21/2005 6:37:53 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: NCC-1701

dunno - but just be sure and drag em inside the house after you shoot. (wink wink)


454 posted on 09/21/2005 6:37:53 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: Ron H.

You and your trees sound like us and ours. We have huge oaks and pecan trees bordering the back of our house...one of those things we always talked about needing to take down but didn't want to. But now they are the primary reason we plan to leave tomorrow morning.


455 posted on 09/21/2005 6:38:05 AM PDT by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: wolfcreek
I'm abit concerned about the nuke reactors outside of Bay city, near Matagorda. Looks like possible landfall area. The nukes will be shut down per NRC rules. They will be safe. My concern is all the Linemen are still in LA putting that stuff up in the air.
456 posted on 09/21/2005 6:38:11 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (shoot low, they are riding Shetlands.....)
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To: agrace

I'm probably bing dumb here but isn't the fact that the Levees broke the main reason it was so bad in LA? Didn't they say they were going to be ok and then when the levees broke they got flooded.


457 posted on 09/21/2005 6:38:11 AM PDT by queenkathy (Dear God, I have a problem; it's me.)
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To: janetjanet998

jj, I don't know you from Adam, but I read virtually every post on all the before and after Katrina threads, and you were probably the most accurate "expert" poster on there. You certainly earned my trust and I take your posts very seriously.


458 posted on 09/21/2005 6:38:46 AM PDT by LikeLight
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To: shield

I trying hard not to think about the reconstruction costs of rebuilding a significant portion of the Texas coast (especially a highly urbanized and or industrialized portion), as well as the Miss. and La. gulf coasts.

It's looking more and more inevitable though. :o(

I wonder how many people who evacuated from New Orleans to Texas and had decided that they were'nt going back to NO making Texas thier new home are now having second thoughts?


459 posted on 09/21/2005 6:38:46 AM PDT by diverteach
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To: Rebelbase

bookmark for later

I believe that is only drilling rigs. I do not see production platforms shown that I have been on.


460 posted on 09/21/2005 6:38:55 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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