ATL: IKE Discussion

[jopatura]

Small intentional fires set at a Super Walmart on Katy Fwy and Fry Rd in Houston. The sprinkler system went off, so there's a lot of damage to product.

According to KTRK.

[soonertwister]

I'm looking at all that garbage bobbing around in Galveston Bay, and wondering where it all came from.

[fci]

SWS from the NHC with official announcement of landfall?

[fasterdisaster]

SWS from the NHC with official announcement of landfall?

I'd imagine they're typing it up right now.

[Thunder44]

000
WTNT64 KNHC 130731
TCUAT4
HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008
230 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE MAKES LANDFALL AT GALVESTON...

RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF IKE
MADE LANDFALL AT GALVESTON TEXAS AT ABOUT 210 AM CDT.


$$
FORECASTER BEVEN/RHOME

[Chacor]

WTNT64 KNHC 130731
TCUAT4
HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008
230 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE MAKES LANDFALL AT GALVESTON...

RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF IKE
MADE LANDFALL AT GALVESTON TEXAS AT ABOUT 210 AM CDT.


$$
FORECASTER BEVEN/RHOME

[fasterdisaster]

WTNT64 KNHC 130731
TCUAT4
HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008
230 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE MAKES LANDFALL AT GALVESTON...

RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF IKE
MADE LANDFALL AT GALVESTON TEXAS AT ABOUT 210 AM CDT.


$$
FORECASTER BEVEN/RHOME

No intensity estimate?

[jopatura]

I'm looking at all that garbage bobbing around in Galveston Bay, and wondering where it all came from.

I know a lot of the wood and nails came from all the broken piers.

[Category 5]

Oh the irony

000
WTNT64 KNHC 130731
TCUAT4
HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008
230 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE MAKES LANDFALL AT GALVESTON...

RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF IKE
MADE LANDFALL AT GALVESTON TEXAS AT ABOUT 210 AM CDT.


$$
FORECASTER BEVEN/RHOME

ZCZC MIATCUAT4 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
HURRICANE HUMBERTO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092007
210 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

NOAA NWS DOPPLER RADAR AND AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT DATA
INDICATE THAT AT AROUND 200 AM CDT...0700 UTC...THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE HUMBERTO CROSSED THE TEXAS COAST JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH...135 KM/HR.

$$
FORECASTER MAINELLI


NNNN

[Yankeegirl]

intensity=very windy!

[fasterdisaster]

Oh the irony

000
WTNT64 KNHC 130731
TCUAT4
HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008
230 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE MAKES LANDFALL AT GALVESTON...

RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF IKE
MADE LANDFALL AT GALVESTON TEXAS AT ABOUT 210 AM CDT.


$$
FORECASTER BEVEN/RHOME

ZCZC MIATCUAT4 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
HURRICANE HUMBERTO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092007
210 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

NOAA NWS DOPPLER RADAR AND AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT DATA
INDICATE THAT AT AROUND 200 AM CDT...0700 UTC...THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE HUMBERTO CROSSED THE TEXAS COAST JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH...135 KM/HR.

$$
FORECASTER MAINELLI


NNNN

Only 10 minutes apart!

[fasterdisaster]

Looks like severe flooding on Galveston. The parking garage of that hotel is almost under.

Well I know the hotel Jim Cantore was in has (as of half an hour ago) 6 feet of water on the first floor.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Looks like severe flooding on Galveston. The parking garage of that hotel is almost under.

Well I know the hotel Jim Cantore was in has (as of half an hour ago) 6 feet of water on the first floor.

Does this mean that the sea wall is broken, or is this from something else???

[Windy]

On my blackberry. In sugar land Texas. Winds are fierce. Finger of god. Power out. Keep us going by staying up with us.

Watching a live feed of a storm chaser driving around Sugar Land. Looks like hell right now.

[WxGuy1]

FWIW, latest RECON finally showing a >20 mile stretch of 80-90 kt SFMR-measured sfc winds off-shore between Bolivar Peninsula and Port Arthur. It seems that residents are very fortunate that Ike made the NNW turn a bit earlier than anticipated, since the right-front quad is considerably stronger than the left-front quad that Houston proper will/is experiencing.

Dropsonde near there showed 118 kt winds at 925mb (350 m ASL). Sfc wind not available. 925mb should be near the max winds at any height (should be stronger than FL), but I'm not sure.

[fasterdisaster]

1. The eyewall is about to go through downtown Houston

2. The backside of Ike is maybe 15-20 minutes away from slamming Galveston, when the reverse surge will strike very quickly.

[Yankeegirl]

i am in west harris county... its bad here

[fasterdisaster]

Looks like severe flooding on Galveston. The parking garage of that hotel is almost under.

Well I know the hotel Jim Cantore was in has (as of half an hour ago) 6 feet of water on the first floor.

Does this mean that the sea wall is broken, or is this from something else???

I can't tell you if it's broken but I know it's being overflowed by a large amount.

[windnrain]

Looks like Galveston dodged a bullet. It'll just make people feel justified in staying.

Note: I know I'm gonna get flamed for saying this, but the storm definitely took a better track for galveston than the previous possible track, of right to the left of it. Reporters seem to be surviving just fine there.

[mathwhizz]

It's easier to see the eye on the Lake Charles radar.

The western eyewall is going to rake downtown houston.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes