[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
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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

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[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

[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.

[Proud_texan]

So far only .55 of rain as of 7am outside of New Braunfels (about 20 miles north of San Antonio). Looks like there could be rain for a while but so far it's pretty gentle, not like the frog stranglers we can get here. We expect the roads to flood at some point but they do that 3-4 times a year. Just as long as we don't lose power....

Lots of slack jawed pups on TV gasping at the rain forecasts and how they've never heard of such amounts. Uh, in 1979 slow moving Claudette dropped 45 inches on Alvin in 24 hours. Actually the bulk of that fell in about 10 hours.

Prayers for those on the Gulf.

[60Gunner]

Amen and amen! Spent my boyhood years in Corpus Christi, have always loved that place.

[maggief]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDIQ2BjR2mQ&feature=youtu.be

CNN’s Hurricane Harvey Insanity Off The Charts Crazy!

Mark Dice
Published on Aug 26, 2017

[txrefugee]

We Central Texans are just praying we can keep power and water for the next five days.

[boycott]

Seems the media missed the worst parts of the hurricane. Most were in Corpus Christi and that was on the west side (weaker) of the storm.

This is the best video I’ve seen:

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1zqKVRbYXWWKB

The best online coverage I’ve seen is:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4825124/Hurricane-Harvey-hits-Texas-130mph-winds.html

Again, a foreign website.

I am sure the US media will soon be say that Hurricane Harvey is Trump’s fault because he didn’t denounce it strong enough.

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
800 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017
...8 AM CDT POSITION AND INTENSITY UPDATE...

A NOAA tide gauge at Port Lavaca, Texas, recently measured a water
level of 6.2 feet above Mean Higher High Water. The site has also
recently reported sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) with a gust to
72 mph (117 km/h).

An automated weather station near Victoria, Texas, recently
observed a sustained wind of 58 mph (107 km/h) with a gust to 77 mph.

Another tide gauge at Seadrift, Texas, recently measured a water
level of 5.7 feet above Mean Higher High Water.
SUMMARY OF 800 AM CDT...1300 UTC...INFORMATION
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Location...28.7N 97.3W
About 25 MI...40 KM SW OF Victoria TX
About 90 MI...145 KM SE OF San Antonio TX
Max Sustained Winds...80 MPH
Moving...NNW 6 MPH
Pressure...978 MB $$ Forecaster Brown

[Caipirabob]

Thanks NautiNurse - I appreciate the post!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

A little over 5 inches in the Bastrop area so far.

[NautiNurse]

Harvey has slowed to a crawl…2mph, winds 75mph...
Tornado Watches and Warnings continue...

BULLETIN
Hurricane Harvey Advisory Number 25
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
1000 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017
...Harvey drenching Texas...
...torrential rains will continue for a few more days...

Summary of 1000 am cdt...1500 utc...information
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Location...28.9n 97.3w
About 25 mi...W of Victoria Texas
About 80 mi...ESE of San Antonio Texas
Maximum sustained winds...75 mph
Present movement...N or 350 degrees at 2 mph
Minimum central pressure...984 mb...29.06 inches

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[dirtboy]

Models are little help in forecasting the track out more than a day or two:

Like a covey of quail taking off.

[TomGuy]

Jeff_Piotrowski Twitter Website is showing pix of damaged/destroyed apartment buildings.



Emergency broadcast: The entire Holiday Park Beach, Funton, Rockport,
apartment buildings have collapsed. Help needed ASAP @NWSCorpus

[TomGuy]

Walmart takes a lot of guff from a lot of people/groups, etc., but they have already activated their emergency operations center and are providing at least $1 million toward relief.

[HollyB]

Just heard from my friends in Corpus. They did not lose power, which is pretty amazing. Cell service has been shaky though. Family members, along with millions of others, did lose power though.

Did you watch Jeff Piotrowski at all last night? He sat through the entire first 1/2 (before the eye) at a car wash. This little blue shed never budged. Everything else got destroyed but the shed.

The storm surge is just wicked out there as well.