ATL: Tropical Depression Dolly

[HarlequinBoy]

I expect quite a bit of damage in Harlingen as the western eyewall approaches.

I think they'll sustain more damage than Brownsville.. at 152 winds were already gusting to hurricane force there.

[A1A]

I was listening to Fox news around noon and heard they were showing Galveston and commenting about its proximity to Rita?? Did understand why they were focusing on the northern most part of the Texas Gulf when all the action is toward the south? I guess that is there closest cam that can come in?

Looks like the Port Aransas cam is still up:
http://www.corpusbeach.com/portacam2.htm

[TexWx]

I still haven't heard from her since that time.

I'm waiting. But i'm assuming without any power at the moment, she doesn't want to use up the phone??

[HarlequinBoy]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEN BOLT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RIOS BY 310 PM CDT...
CONCEPCION BY 315 PM CDT...

[HarlequinBoy]

These reports are from earlier.. but I never saw them posted.

1255 PM TORNADO 4 ENE TAFT 28.00N 97.32W
07/23/2008 SAN PATRICIO TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

SHERIFF DEPUTIES CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN INTO
COTTON FIELD.

1240 PM TORNADO 6 S BAYSIDE 28.00N 97.23W
07/23/2008 SAN PATRICIO TX PUBLIC

CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR CR136 AND 1177. SEVERAL
TREES WERE UP ROOTED. THREE SHEDS COLLAPSED. RV BLOWN ON
SIDE. ROOF TOPPLED OVER. REPORTED BY KIII TV 3.

[artist]

Question about the link to the Fox News live stream from S.Padre Island - it looks to me like it's showing Galveston. The long piers going out into the water, only a few taller hotels, the road right next to the seawall - with cars driving along it. It looks just like Galveston.

Does anyone have a link to live streaming for SPI? Or is it defaulting to Galveston now? Or is SPI completely different than I remember and the storm is all gone?

try this link and see if it works. I was able to get it again from there -

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player.html?liveSiteStream_::_4_::_undefined&Live_Site_Stream&Live%2520Stream&acc&Live%2520Stream&-1&News&180&&&newHit the undefined and it played.

Well, it played once and won't again. Sorry.

[orion]

radar and storm total rain update:

[jabman98]

Question about the link to the Fox News live stream from S.Padre Island - it looks to me like it's showing Galveston. The long piers going out into the water, only a few taller hotels, the road right next to the seawall - with cars driving along it. It looks just like Galveston.

Does anyone have a link to live streaming for SPI? Or is it defaulting to Galveston now? Or is SPI completely different than I remember and the storm is all gone?

it defaulted back to Galveston when it got too bad. TWC is saying it is still too bad to get out there yet. Said they have been riding the eyewall for hours now. I did that once. Hopefully never again.

Thanks for this. I'm flipping around channels on the TV and a little bit ago someone on MSNBC showed that same Galveston footage and said it was SPI and that everything was obviously much better there because of the cars and birds flying around. Fortunately their weather guy corrected them shortly after that. Sheesh, they could at least get simple facts right.

[CrazyC83]

Looks to be about 70-75 kt now.

[Johnny]

Avila hard at work.

[artist]

it becomes so eerily quiet after a storm has come on shore here.

[raindrops68]

Avila hard at work.

What station is that on the tv?

[artist]

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
301 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...RECORD MAXIMUM MONTH OF JULY RAINFALL SET AT BROWNSVILLE...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 10.81 INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS SET AT
BROWNSVILLE TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 9.43 INCHES SET IN
1976. *NOTE THAT THIS IS PRELIMINARY DATA AS RAINFALL CONTINUES
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.*

[Cape Verde]

MNSBC reported he broke his leg and hip but nothing about his neck. Just hope he will be ok. Guess he wont be doing that again.

I have to think he landed in the sand, rather than on pavement or sidewalk. A seven-story fall is generally fatal.

[artist]

MNSBC reported he broke his leg and hip but nothing about his neck. Just hope he will be ok. Guess he wont be doing that again.

I have to think he landed in the sand, rather than on pavement or sidewalk. A seven-story fall is generally fatal.

the ema manager for s padre stated that he hit the edge of the pool when he fell.

[dhsgal]

I was listening to Fox news around noon and heard they were showing Galveston and commenting about its proximity to Rita?? Did understand why they were focusing on the northern most part of the Texas Gulf when all the action is toward the south? I guess that is there closest cam that can come in?

Looks like the Port Aransas cam is still up:
http://www.corpusbeach.com/portacam2.htm

Been watching this one all morning! If I see my son out there trying to surf, I'm gonne
ring his neck! lol

[LeeJet]

So what have been the strongest sustained winds measured?

[drezee]

I was listening to Fox news around noon and heard they were showing Galveston and commenting about its proximity to Rita?? Did understand why they were focusing on the northern most part of the Texas Gulf when all the action is toward the south? I guess that is there closest cam that can come in?

Looks like the Port Aransas cam is still up:
http://www.corpusbeach.com/portacam2.htm

closer to the oil rigs...fixed news looking for ratings

[artist]

MNSBC reported he broke his leg and hip but nothing about his neck. Just hope he will be ok. Guess he wont be doing that again.

I have to think he landed in the sand, rather than on pavement or sidewalk. A seven-story fall is generally fatal.

from Austin -


http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_ ... rID=215233

Authorities said a 17-year-old boy fell from a seventh-story balcony, injuring his head, breaking his hip and fracturing his leg. He was being treated at an island fire station.

[artist]

still looking pretty intense