ATL: HARVEY - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[jabman98]

one thing I'm in awe of/terrified by (been that way for so much with this system) is how far this band extends into the GOM. It goes on for hundreds of miles, sucking in deep tropical moisture all the way

Agreed. It's going to be a long day in the Houston metro area. It's weird because I can hear thunder and we're getting a bit of rain off and on--had a heavy band earlier this morning--but really it's not that bad. But I look at the radar and I know just a few miles away, where that thunder is coming from, they're getting a deluge. What a difference a few miles makes.

[MrStormX]

From what I can tell the storm surge was not as bad feared, does anyone have additional info on this?

[tolakram]

From what I can tell the storm surge was not as bad feared, does anyone have additional info on this?

No one has made it into the hardest hit areas yet.

[forecasterjack]

From what I can tell the storm surge was not as bad feared, does anyone have additional info on this?

we won't know the full extent of the surge until the USGS folks can do their full post storm damage assessment. On TWC Sidel was standing on top of what I think I remember was an 8 foot seawall. He was up to his shins in water.

[jaguars_22]

We are good!!!! Rough winds and rain!!! How much More rain is Victoria getting and how much have we had

[jabman98]

Philip Klotzbach ✔ @philklotzbach
The United States has never had multiple Cat. 4+ hurricanes make landfall in same year since NOAA records began in 1851. #Harvey
9:39 AM - Aug 26, 2017

I don't know if that's supposed to be comforting or not. We're only in late August.

[ava_ati]

From what I can tell the storm surge was not as bad feared, does anyone have additional info on this?

I haven't seen any reports on storm surge either, but I doubt anyone stuck around places that were supposed to be a foot under water and getting to those places for reports might be tough. I imagine those barrier islands got swamped but I'd imagine most the bridges and roads to get there are impassable.

[tolakram]

We are good!!!! Rough winds and rain!!! How much More rain is Victoria getting and how much have we had

It's going to be raining for a while, possibly days. If Harvey continues north you might get a break, hard to say.

[Steve]

We are good!!!! Rough winds and rain!!! How much More rain is Victoria getting and how much have we had

Glad to hear it. Looks like less than a maximum of 64" and more than 20" per European.

https://weather.us/model-charts/euro/95 ... 0000z.html

[Nimbus]

We are good!!!! Rough winds and rain!!! How much More rain is Victoria getting and how much have we had

Down to a cat 1 although its just west of you now.
Moving very slowly so probably lots more rain to come in your area..
Maybe you will get a few breaks between rain bands soon though.

[JPmia]

Morning everyone. What a night last night for us Hurricane nerds. However, the pictures coming out of Rockport are showing devastating damage. I just hope folks left their mobile homes in that area. There's a lot of them there.

[tolakram]

An example of a local resource you should be following.

 https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus/status/901439539088166912



NWS Corpus Christi ✔ @NWSCorpus
At 8am, Victoria is still seeing wind gusts up to 83 mph with sustained winds at 57 mph. #Harvey
9:41 AM - Aug 26, 2017

[tolakram]

Jeff is broadcasting, or trying to, this morning. Feed just ended, click on his name and refresh to see if/when he broadcasts.

https://www.periscope.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1ynKOVjgorvxR?

[jaguars_22]

I really appreciate all your help with this and can't explain how much help this storm2 k team is!!! Rockport was ground zero! Small but pretty populated

[Hurricane Andrew]

Now we wait for the pictures from the hot zone...Fire/Rescue resources will likely start to roll again today, but response times will be increased as they try to navigate debris in the roads...it will be their task, along with PD and NG, to reestablish contact with those still in the worst hit areas.

[Calin1171]

What was the rough diameter of the eyewall at landfall? Trying to get a rough estimate of what kind of winds they saw in North Seadrift, TX.

[Orlando]

Jeff is broadcasting, or trying to, this morning. Feed just ended, click on his name and refresh to see if/when he broadcasts.

https://www.periscope.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1ynKOVjgorvxR?

Thank you so much for this information! Jeff was tremendous last night with his coverage. So glad to know that he made it through the storm.

[ronjon]

From what I can tell the storm surge was not as bad feared, does anyone have additional info on this?

No one has made it into the hardest hit areas yet.

Port Lavaca tidal gauge has shown a prolonged surge of 6 feet for over 7 hours.

[tolakram]

 https://twitter.com/DougDelonyKHOU/status/901428666223271936

[srainhoutx]

An example of a local resource you should be following.

 https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus/status/901439539088166912



NWS Corpus Christi ✔ @NWSCorpus
At 8am, Victoria is still seeing wind gusts up to 83 mph with sustained winds at 57 mph. #Harvey
9:41 AM - Aug 26, 2017

That report has been proven wrong due to equipment issues.