Posted on 08/25/2020 5:35:03 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Laura emerged from the Caribbean Sea, leaving behind flooding and fatalities in Hispaniola and Cuba. Former Hurricane Marco dissipated Tuesday morning, a few hours before Laura strengthened to a hurricane.
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Lake Charles Radar Loop
Houston/Galveston Radar Loop
New Orleans Radar Loop
Buoy Obs Near Laura Track
KFDM News Beaumont/Port Arthur
KBTV Fox4 Beaumont
KPLC News Lake Charles Twitter
KHOU News Houston
KHOU News Twitter
Safe travels to your wonderful family member.
Eye is 34 miles wide
The graphic says max wind gust at 10 meters (33 ft). Not much along the LA coast built up that high. Still, devastatingly strong winds at ground level.
Feel sick in the stomach.
Major Hurricane Laura Nearing Landfall on the Gulf Coast - Live Coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liaqfwJ20zE&feature=emb_logo
Starting to elongate N-S a bit now, which in my experience shows the turn is getting ready to start.
Except for refinery structures. Plenty of stuff that high.
Tornado Warning for...
*Northwestern Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
*Central Newton County in southeastern Texas...
Good point about high profile refinery structures.
Radar out of Houston, TX KHOU Channel 11 You can adjust it for movement i.e showers coming into the area from Laura.
400 PM EDT Update
Location...About 175 MI SSE of Port Arthur TX
...About 175 MI S of Lake Charles LA
Max Sustained Winds...140 MPH
Moving...NW at 16 MPH
Minimum Pressure...948 MB
Tracking Hurricane Laura from Galveston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFqJAv4sfF0
More tornado warnings...
* Tornado Warning for...
Central West Baton Rouge Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Wow—C130 sent in to retrieve last minute evacuees.
Wow—C130 sent in to retrieve last minute evacuees.
“only” a CAT 3 this morning....
If it is like any other city they have storm surge maps and zones A, B ,C etc
Long story short.. some people in CAT 4 surge zones didn’t evacuate
Where I live, we get robo calls and police driving around town with megaphones telling us to get out, threatening to cut the electricity, etc., for very dangerous storms.
4:00 PM CDT Wed Aug 26
Location: 27.9°N 92.8°W
Moving: NW at 15 mph
Min pressure: 947 mb
Max sustained: 145 mph
BULLETIN
Hurricane Laura Advisory Number 28
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132020
400 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
...WIND AND WATER LEVELS INCREASING AS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
HURRICANE LAURA TAKES AIM AT THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST TONIGHT...
SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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5.56mm
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