ATL: Tropical Depression Edouard

[texascanetracker]

1970 Hurricanes Celia and Dorothy-I Think

[Bailey1777]

Really looks to be making a move West what did recon fix the direction at and how fast?

[Wx_Warrior]

Greetings EDOUARD...Seriously, just walked outside and greeted him. It's raining pretty good now in downtown Beaumont.

[mpic]

I remember someone posting on here just last week stating when Texas gets hit with a Hurricane in July, historically they are done for the rest of the season.

Like football rivals, throw the record books out!!!!!

Wouldn't hurt MY feelings at all!

[raindrops68]

I just woke up. Do I need to start the coffee? I'm in Orange County.

You getting rained on yet Diva?? Looks like Beaumont is just about to get some rain.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[southerngale]

Same here... ...I got lucky and didn't lose any during Humberto last year but I knew some that were without for a few days.

I lost power briefly, but my parents were out for 4 or 5 days. I think they were the last area to get it back.

Getting a tad nervous here... it's getting really close and radar looks downright nasty.

[Normandy]

Movement between the two VDMs suggest this:

.10N, .15W...........indicates a WNW movement and extrapolated would put it near. 30.5N 94.4W......very close to downtown Houston. Of course we are assuming no W or N jogs, but a consistent WNW motion as observed.

[Nederlander]

Although I wondered earlier tonight, it's looking more and more like a Tx landfall.

If this makes it to Cat 1, that's two landfalling hurricanes in Tx in less than a month.

Wonder when the last time that happened is - off the top of my head, I can't remember.

I think 1983... Alicia and then Barry... within a couple weeks of each other I think...

[Wx_Warrior]

Starting to get a tad nasty guys...TS or not...This crap is for the birds, or frogs.

[Bailey1777]

Looks like he's trying to wrap right before coming ashore.

[Normandy]

Starting to get a tad nasty guys...TS or not...This crap is for the birds, or frogs.

Just a heads a bud. It seems like the storm is starting to develop rotating mesos around its center of circulation, and it has been documented that winds in these mesos can be locally 1 category higher in periodic bursts than the storm's intensity. If Ed comes in at 70-75 mph, intense gusts of near 100-110 mph can occur in these mesos. Hunker down!

[mpic]

Although I wondered earlier tonight, it's looking more and more like a Tx landfall.

If this makes it to Cat 1, that's two landfalling hurricanes in Tx in less than a month.

Wonder when the last time that happened is - off the top of my head, I can't remember.

I think 1983... Alicia and then Barry... within a couple weeks of each other I think...

Right on the money, Nederlander!

[Diva]

I just woke up. Do I need to start the coffee? I'm in Orange County.

You getting rained on yet Diva?? Looks like Beaumont is just about to get some rain.

Yep, I can hear the rain. I was busy making a second pot of coffee and putting it in the thermos!
The wind is just a little gusty right now.
Oh, and I'm "on call" for work. Boss said yesterday that he would call at 7:30 this morning and let me know whether to come in or not.

[Nederlander]

yea its starting to get after it here wx... i wonder how long til power goes out?

edit: may not be too long... HUGE limb just fell on the house...

[Wx_Warrior]

Don't jinx us! I don't have my VZW card for my laptop.

Being partial here, but KFDM 6 is the only station doing live reports with pro mets every 30...The other 2 have just a radar shot in the corner.

[carolina_73]

Looks like if it wobbles to the north some more it could make landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border.

[Nederlander]

Don't jinx us! I don't have my VZW card for my laptop.

Being partial here, but KFDM 6 is the only station doing live reports with pro mets every 30...The other 2 have just a radar shot in the corner.

i have it there right now... i think Greg is about to do another one...

[Bailey1777]

Looks right on for a high island hit to me.

[Texas Snowman]

Did some research - looks like the closest recent August 1983 when Alicia hit on 8/18 and Hurricane Barry (landfall just south of Brownsville) on 8/28.

Looked at Celia in 1970, but what I found showed Dorothy as a tropical storm only in the Caribbean.

Looks like you've got to go back to the early years of the 20th century to find two bona fide hurricane hits in Texas in the same month. Found a couple of Wikipedia entries in the 1930s that might have been two 'canes in a month.

But if not, this may be the first time since 1900 that two 'canes hit w/in one month of each other with landfalls actually occuring w/in the boundaries of Texas.