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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8101 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:31 pm

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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8102 Postby Brent » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:32 pm

raindrops68 wrote:
Johnny wrote:Avila hard at work.


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What station is that on the tv?


Looks like CNN to me.
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#8103 Postby KWT » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:32 pm

Yep it sure is artist that eye is still holding up pretty well as well as the eyewalls though its only really just gone over a larger region of land.
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8104 Postby weatherrabbit_tx » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:34 pm

raindrops68 wrote:
Johnny wrote:Avila hard at work.


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What station is that on the tv?


no tv station, I wish, we'd all be tuned in....... :D
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8105 Postby orion » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:37 pm

Good graph from Station PTIT2 - 8779770 - Port Isabel, TX showing the pressure decreasing and winds increasing as the eye passed by...

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=ptit2&meas=wdpr&uom=E&time_diff=5&time_label=CDT
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8106 Postby orion » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:39 pm

weatherrabbit_tx wrote: no tv station, I wish, we'd all be tuned in....... :D


I think they were talking about the TV mounted up in the corner... I wish we could get that view on that wide screen Avila is watching!!
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8107 Postby cycloneye » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:45 pm

AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...
80 KM...NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT DAY OR SO. THIS WILL BRING DOLLY FARTHER INLAND OVER SOUTHER
TEXAS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DOLLY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
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#8108 Postby HouTXmetro » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:46 pm

Significant rains occuring North of Brownsville. I'm fearing devastating floods. :cry:
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#8109 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:46 pm

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Dangerous Dolly. Beautiful storm.
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#8110 Postby HarlequinBoy » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:49 pm

Wow, 18 inches estimated in Cameron County.
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#8111 Postby artist » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:53 pm

watching TWC with Jim Cantore and the wind is still very strong there on S Padre.
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8112 Postby JSDS » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:54 pm

I noticed that it is still moving NW. What happened to the westward turn it was supposed to make?
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8113 Postby BigA » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:56 pm

Wow, clouds cooling around the center again as it moves inland. Wallacy and Cameron Counties are going to get a terrible amount of rainfall
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#8114 Postby wx247 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:58 pm

By the way, the tv station Avila is watching is CNN. That is Heidi Collins and Tony Harris anchoring.

Interesting to note that the rainfall estimate puts the rain at Brownsville at 7.75" while they have officially seen over 10. I wonder what that means about the area that have estimated 19" of rain via GRLevel 3. :eek:
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#8115 Postby artist » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:59 pm

that vortex was from earlier. Sorry
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Re: ATL: H Dolly in Western Gulf of Mexico

#8116 Postby PTrackerLA » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:00 pm

Still has an excellent satellite presentation at this time. Very intense radar returns now showing up along the highway 77 corridor. Flooding could become a serious issue in this area and I'm sure the winds are sustained at hurricane force in spots.
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#8117 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:02 pm

wx247 wrote:By the way, the tv station Avila is watching is CNN. That is Heidi Collins and Tony Harris anchoring.

Interesting to note that the rainfall estimate puts the rain at Brownsville at 7.75" while they have officially seen over 10. I wonder what that means about the area that have estimated 19" of rain via GRLevel 3. :eek:



I have seen discussions from NWS AFDs, and apparently rain drops in tropical systems have a different size or shape, and regular doppler radar will underestimate rainfall in tropical systems. There is apparently a "tropical" mode the radar operator can select to make doppler indicated rainfull more closely approximate true measured rainfall. No idea if that has been done or not.
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#8118 Postby wx247 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:03 pm

Serious situation in La Feria, TX at this time...

Currently there is a mandatory evacuation in La Feria: only to East Commercial St and surrounding streets due to a gas line rupture and a electrical power line down over the gas line.

Emergency personnel have blocked these surrounding roads and emergency officials have evacuated everyone who live near due to the possibility of an explosion.

via Newschannel 5, Weslaco...
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#8119 Postby HarlequinBoy » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:04 pm

With the eye holding up nicely Hidalgo County will also see moderate wind damage and enormous rainfall amounts.
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#8120 Postby artist » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:06 pm

according to Jim Cantore quite a bit of severe roof damage on S Padre. They said people were having to be rescued off of the 12th floor of one condominium. They were stating these were new roofs too.
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