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Hurricane Ike Live Thread III
NOAA/NHC ^ | 12 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 09/12/2008 5:12:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Large and dangerous Hurricane Ike approaching the Upper Texas coast. Mandatory evacuations began in earnest Thursday as an estimated one million coastal residents headed inland. There were widespread reports of gas stations running out of fuel.

The National Weather Service posted dire storm surge predictions of 20-25 ft storm surge along the coast and bay heads. Hurricane warnings covered a 400 mile swath of the Gulf of Mexico.

Wholesale gasoline prices spiked 30 percent Thursday, or nearly $1 a gallon, out of fear of what Ike might do.

Public Advisory Updated every 3 hours

Discussion Updated every 6 hours

Buoy data: Western Gulf of Mexico

Forecast Models

Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar
Corpus Christi Long Range Radar
Brownsville Long Range Radar
Lake Charles Long Range Radar

Ike
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Lat/Lon No Lat/Lon Short Long
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Water Vapor Water Vapor Water Vapor Water Vapor
Infrared Channel 4 Enhancements
None None None None
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Dvorak Dvorak Dvorak Dvorak
JSL JSL JSL JSL
RGB RGB RGB RGB
Funktop Funktop Funktop Funktop
Rainbow Rainbow Rainbow Rainbow

Additional Resources:

Navy Tropical Cyclone
Storm Pulse Very cool site

KHOU Houston
ABC 13 News Houston
FOX News Houston

KPLC Lake Charles
KFDM 6 Beaumont/Port Arthur
KKBMT 12 Beaumont
KRIS-TV Corpus Christi
KZTV Corpus Christi

Brazoria County Emergency Management
Galveston County Emergency Management
Chambers Country Emergency Management
Liberty County Emergency Management

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 Ike Live Thread II
Hurricane Ike Live Thread I
TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike & TS Josephine [Other than that, the tropics are calm]
Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Louisiana; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; california; crude; desiel; drill; flordia; florida; galveston; gasoline; gulf; hurricane; ike; louisiana; offshore; oil; oklahoma; prices; refineries; rigs; storm; texas; weather
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To: dirtboy; All

When is the next high tide? Thanks.


2,521 posted on 09/12/2008 9:36:15 PM PDT by rdl6989 (What isn't above Obama's pay grade?)
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To: conservative cat
I think Nobama should be there to stop the waters from rising.

Watch for him to come up behind Geraldo in the next screen shot...from out to sea of course.

2,522 posted on 09/12/2008 9:36:25 PM PDT by Shortstop7
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To: Patas

Well if he is, I don’t know how he’s gonna keep his powder dry.

Hold on to that tree, Geraldo!


2,523 posted on 09/12/2008 9:36:48 PM PDT by Palladin (Muslim men hate pigs, dogs, and women.)
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To: Jaded

Welcome back!

Tatt


2,524 posted on 09/12/2008 9:36:50 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: mastexas

(((Hugs)))Hang in there.When the morning comes it will be better.Guess you don’t know how high the winds are outside.


2,525 posted on 09/12/2008 9:37:23 PM PDT by fatima (Put your lipstick on girls and go vote.)
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To: PleaseNoMore

The fool reporter was probably saying “brick wall” when it was actually simply brick FACING on a concrete building.


2,526 posted on 09/12/2008 9:37:27 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: tcrlaf

Bolivar peninsula’s totally under. Nothing dry for ten miles in any direction. Anyone trapped there needs a lighthouse, life vest, or Engineer Scott.


2,527 posted on 09/12/2008 9:37:47 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: rdl6989

Bout four hours from now (said 5 hours about an hour ago)


2,528 posted on 09/12/2008 9:37:51 PM PDT by Toki
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To: Shortstop7

thin


2,529 posted on 09/12/2008 9:38:15 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: rdl6989

High tide is about 6-7AM


2,530 posted on 09/12/2008 9:38:16 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: dirtboy; Strategerist

The water on this shelf will be high. My Goodness


2,531 posted on 09/12/2008 9:38:25 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: gab1279

Well, with all due deference to what you are facing, we’re talking triage now. Someone is gonna get hammered by this storm. If Houston and the petrochemical plants that surround Galveston Bay escape the worst of this by a simple wobble by the eye 20 miles to the NE, it won’t make that much difference in Port Arthur. But it will make a HUGE difference for over four million people and 20 percent of the refining capacity for the country.


2,532 posted on 09/12/2008 9:38:31 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: eyedigress
He says he has a feel for storms.I believe him.He been through enough of them.
2,533 posted on 09/12/2008 9:38:47 PM PDT by fatima (Put your lipstick on girls and go vote.)
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To: Jaded

Very glad your power is back on and you can go back to Freeping!


2,534 posted on 09/12/2008 9:39:04 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (DEFUND NPR - National Propaganda Radio for the Leftists/Communists/Socialists)
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To: rdl6989

Dominica Davis (on Fox) says high tide is around 3:0AM Cenral Time.


2,535 posted on 09/12/2008 9:40:32 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: mrsalty

It may have been a case of simple ignorance, but FOX could clarify it.


2,536 posted on 09/12/2008 9:40:47 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: rdl6989

Last high tide was about 11 pm. Next is about 6-7 am as someone else noted. That’s a two-foot factor.


2,537 posted on 09/12/2008 9:40:58 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

No.


2,538 posted on 09/12/2008 9:41:01 PM PDT by fatima (Put your lipstick on girls and go vote.)
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To: jeffers

: |

Tatt


2,539 posted on 09/12/2008 9:41:22 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: defconw

Thanks for the laugh. I think I would prefer hurricanes to tornadoes ~ at least you have lots of warning.

We have not had any more power blip’s {crossing fingers}.


2,540 posted on 09/12/2008 9:41:29 PM PDT by TheMom (Southwest Houston - near Sugar Land and Stafford)
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