08-26-2017, 01:24 AM
Expected to come ashore at 9PM Central.
WTNT64 KNHC 260057
TCUAT4
Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
800 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017
...8 PM CDT POSITION AND INTENSITY UPDATE...
...THE EYEWALL OF CATEGORY 4 HARVEY BEGINNING TO MOVE ONSHORE
OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...
A station at Aransas Pass run by the Texas Coastal Observing
Network recently reported a sustained wind of 90 mph (145 km/h) with
a gust to 108 mph (174 km/h).
A station at Flour Bluff, Texas, recently reported a sustained
wind of 81 mph (130 km/h).
SUMMARY OF 800 PM CDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.9N 96.8W
ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM E OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM SW OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...941 MB...27.79 INCHES
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey was hours away from lashing the Texas coast on Friday with winds of up to 156 miles per hour and 13-foot ocean surges as the most powerful storm in over a decade bore down on the mainland United States.
Harvey strengthened to a powerful Category 4 hurricane with cities from northern Mexico to Louisiana bracing for flooding, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was expected to hit land near Corpus Christi, Texas, around 9 p.m. CDT (0200 GMT) then stall and dump over 3 feet (90 cm) of rain in areas of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana as it lingers for days.
While thousands fled the expected devastating flooding and destruction, many residents defied mandatory evacuation orders and stocked up on food, fuel and sandbags.
“We’re suggesting if people are going to stay here, mark their arm with a Sharpie pen with their name and Social Security number,” Rockport Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios told reporters Friday, according to media reports. “We hate to talk about things like that. It’s not something we like to do but it’s the reality. People don’t listen.”
Victoria Mayor Paul Polasek told CNN he estimated that 60 percent to 65 percent of the town’s 65,000 residents defied the mandatory evacuation order.
Jose Rengel, a 47-year-old who works in construction, said he was one of the few people in Jamaica Beach in Galveston that did not heed a voluntary evacuation order as Harvey threatened more than 5.8 million people.
“All the shops are empty,” he said as the sky turned black and rain fell. “It’s like a tornado went in and swept everything up.”
WTNT64 KNHC 260057
TCUAT4
Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
800 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017
...8 PM CDT POSITION AND INTENSITY UPDATE...
...THE EYEWALL OF CATEGORY 4 HARVEY BEGINNING TO MOVE ONSHORE
OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...
A station at Aransas Pass run by the Texas Coastal Observing
Network recently reported a sustained wind of 90 mph (145 km/h) with
a gust to 108 mph (174 km/h).
A station at Flour Bluff, Texas, recently reported a sustained
wind of 81 mph (130 km/h).
SUMMARY OF 800 PM CDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...27.9N 96.8W
ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM E OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM SW OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...941 MB...27.79 INCHES
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey was hours away from lashing the Texas coast on Friday with winds of up to 156 miles per hour and 13-foot ocean surges as the most powerful storm in over a decade bore down on the mainland United States.
Harvey strengthened to a powerful Category 4 hurricane with cities from northern Mexico to Louisiana bracing for flooding, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was expected to hit land near Corpus Christi, Texas, around 9 p.m. CDT (0200 GMT) then stall and dump over 3 feet (90 cm) of rain in areas of the Texas coast and parts of Louisiana as it lingers for days.
While thousands fled the expected devastating flooding and destruction, many residents defied mandatory evacuation orders and stocked up on food, fuel and sandbags.
“We’re suggesting if people are going to stay here, mark their arm with a Sharpie pen with their name and Social Security number,” Rockport Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios told reporters Friday, according to media reports. “We hate to talk about things like that. It’s not something we like to do but it’s the reality. People don’t listen.”
Victoria Mayor Paul Polasek told CNN he estimated that 60 percent to 65 percent of the town’s 65,000 residents defied the mandatory evacuation order.
Jose Rengel, a 47-year-old who works in construction, said he was one of the few people in Jamaica Beach in Galveston that did not heed a voluntary evacuation order as Harvey threatened more than 5.8 million people.
“All the shops are empty,” he said as the sky turned black and rain fell. “It’s like a tornado went in and swept everything up.”
