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FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Army News Service, July 20, 2005) -- Hurricane Emily came ashore July 20 but wasn’t packing the wallop residents and tourists of the South Texas shore area originally expected. While the South Padre Islands still took a beating with high winds and heavy rain, it was not enough of a blow for any of the 126 supply-laden trucks poised at a staging area at Fort Sam Houston to pull out and head south. The trucks, loaded with everything from water and food to cots and generators, packed the field on Wilson Street Sunday night as part...

Emily approached landfall along Western Gulf Coast...Hurricanes Emily and Dennis are the strongest July storms in recorded history for the Atlantic hurricane basin... Hurricane Emily resources--the links are self-updating for handy reference: NHC Hurricane Public Advisory Updates Currently published every three hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, 5P, etc. ET. NHC Hurricane Discussion Updates Published every 6 hours 5A, 11A, 5P, 11P ET Storm Floater IR Loop Little boxes at top of image: lat/lon, and Trop Fcst Pts--click 'em. Gulf of Mexico IR LoopGOM Visible Loop (Only works during daylight hours) Visible Storm Floater Sat Daylight Hours--Both loop and latest image...

Hurricanes Emily and Dennis are the strongest July storms in recorded history for the Atlantic hurricane basin... Hurricane Emily resources--the links are self-updating for handy reference: NHC Hurricane Public Advisory Updates Currently published every three hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, 5P, etc. ET. NHC Hurricane Discussion Updates Published every 6 hours 5A, 11A, 5P, 11P ET Storm Floater IR Loop Little boxes at top of image: lat/lon, and Trop Fcst Pts--click 'em. Gulf of Mexico IR LoopGOM Visible Loop (Only works during daylight hours) Visible Storm Floater Sat Daylight Hours--Both loop and latest image Western Gulf of Mexico Bouy DataSouth...

BULL BAY, Jamaica - Fishermen dragged skiffs to shore and workers raced to board up buildings Saturday as Hurricane Emily swept along the southern coast of Jamaica, packing winds of nearly 155 mph and rain that could bring landslides and flooding. The Category 4 storm was on track to pass close to Grand Cayman Island later Saturday or early Sunday before smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula, where Mexican officials prepared to evacuate tourists, on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and possibly southern Texas next week. Jamaican officials sent buses to evacuate hundreds of residents in flood-prone communities along...

Hurricanes Emily and Dennis are the strongest July storms in recorded history for the Atlantic hurricane basin... Hurricane Emily resources--the links are self-updating for handy reference: NHC Hurricane Public Advisory Updates Currently published every three hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, 5P, etc. ET. NHC Hurricane Discussion Updates Published every 6 hours 5A, 11A, 5P, 11P ET Storm Floater IR Loop Little boxes at top of image: lat/lon, and Trop Fcst Pts--click 'em. Caribbean IR LoopCaribbean Visible Loop (Only works during daylight hours) Storm Floater Sat Both loop and latest image Western Caribbean Bouy DataJamaica Weather Has a few still radar...

750 WTNT35 KNHC 161745 TCPAT5 BULLETIN HURRICANE EMILY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 23A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR EMILY STRENGTHENS FURTHER AS IT PASSES SOUTH OF JAMAICA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND FOR ALL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL TO CABO...

Hurricane Emily regained dangerous Category 4 strength, frightening storm-weary islanders in Jamaica and Cayman Islands who eyed ravages it wrought as a low-level storm on Grenada. Many rushed to buy emergency supplies as officials urged them to evacuate coastal and flood-prone areas. Mexican officials recommended Friday evacuating tourists from much of the country's Caribbean coast, including Cancun and the island resorts of Cozumel and Isla Mujeres. Grenada declared a national disaster Friday, the day after Emily's 90-mph (144-kph) winds tore down at least 100 homes, blasted out windows, sheared off roofs and flooded two hospitals and scores of other buildings....

Hurricane Emily resources--the links are self-updating for handy reference:NHC Hurricane Public Advisory Updates Currently published every three hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET. NHC Hurricane Discussion Updates Published every 6 hours 5A, 11A, 5P, 11P ET Caribbean IR LoopCaribbean Visible Loop (Only works during daylight hours) Puerto Rico Long Range Radar LoopHurricane Track ForecastHurricane Model ProjectionsEmily Forecast Track Archive Loop Great for reviewing the 3 day and 5 day historic track positions