THIS POST SHALL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF HURRICANE HARVEY AND IT’S IMPACTS ON TEXAS.
Saturday evening BST
At 10pm CT Friday Hurricane Harvey came ashore as a Category 4 storm generating wind gusts of 132 mph. Scenes of severe damage continue to stream in around Rockport, Port Aransas and Port Lavaca where the eyewall came ashore
Hurricane #Harvey continues to pound #PortLavaca #Texas with wind and storm surge. Like a washer machine on heavy duty cycle. pic.twitter.com/XIxFZsaKUO
— Rob Marciano (@RobMarciano) August 26, 2017
Dawn in Rockport, #Texas. Landscape is smashed, stripped, and scrubbed in #Hurricane #HARVEY's wake. A monstrous cyclone. pic.twitter.com/8tX6gwxC7O
— Josh Morgerman (@iCyclone) August 26, 2017
Daylight shows the devastation in Rockport and surrounding areas of SE Texas. @KATVToddYak @spann pic.twitter.com/NBLKsY1mbh
— Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) August 26, 2017
BREAKING: One dead as Tropical Storm #Harvey shreds the Texas coast. Latest details: https://t.co/m7vHUehGcC pic.twitter.com/bva9HjbazT
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 26, 2017
Emergency broadcast: The entire area Holiday Park Beach,Fulton, Rockport, apartment buildings have collapsed. Help needed ASAP @NWSCorpus pic.twitter.com/RQ6XAwvvjx
— Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) August 26, 2017
A close-up of #HurricaneHarvey, at 2:20 a.m. CT this morning, August 26, 2017, courtesy of the VIIRS instrument on the @SuomiNPP satellite. pic.twitter.com/pq3oGx3Qum
— NOAA Satellites PA (@NOAASatellitePA) August 26, 2017
Hurricane #Harvey has severely damaged buildings in Rockport, TX, close to where landfall took place: #Harvey2017 https://t.co/jUw9qCnGF1 pic.twitter.com/RpE7Z5VIGr
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 26, 2017
We are stuck in the town of Rockport all roads are blocked due to high water & debris .#txwx #hurricaneharvey2017 pic.twitter.com/UOTx6MuZWJ
— Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) August 26, 2017
#Harvey was tracked for 2 weeks… from a disturbance on African coast to Category 4 hurricane hitting #Texas. @UMiamiRSMAS @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/PVsjgNuMKe
— Brian McNoldy (@BMcNoldy) August 26, 2017
The record-smashing 4324-day span between U.S. major hurricane landfalls has ended… from Wilma '05 to #Harvey '17. https://t.co/j8PaNfDEqC pic.twitter.com/qmurw2JusA
— Brian McNoldy (@BMcNoldy) August 26, 2017
Unlike some 98% percent of all other hurricanes, Harvey is by no means done and his worst is likely yet to come some 12-24 hours post landfall. Harvey’s winds may be easing on this Saturday afternoon/evening but due to the stalled nature of this vast machine, he shall drop the bulk of the water he contains over Texas through the rest of this weekend and through a much of next week.
Step 1: Saturated air with very high dew points enters the storm in the low levels of the atmosphere. https://t.co/WpdrKcRYQY
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 26, 2017
TOP GUSTS
Peak wind gusts from #HurricaneHarvey across the Middle TX Coast. Highest official wind gust was 132 mph in #AransasPass #Harvey #txwx pic.twitter.com/EofRtpB9K4
— NWS Corpus Christi (@NWSCorpus) August 26, 2017
FACT: Harvey went from depression to major hurricane within 56 hours…
Sat 9.40am BST
BREAKING: Harvey makes a second Texas landfall on the shore of Copano Bay as a strong Category 3, winds at 125 mph.
Sat 8.45am BST
Latest infrared
Top gusts so far
LATEST TWEETS
Early images of damage are coming in from Rockport, Texas which was directly in the path of Hurricane Harvey https://t.co/PLqoRtzeEe pic.twitter.com/tmarI2CgUC
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 26, 2017
An incredible transition over just 48 hours for Major #HurricaneHarvey. GOES-16 data is something else. pic.twitter.com/ou9n3BjgF5
— Cory Mottice (@EverythingWX) August 26, 2017
Want to see something incredible? Watch #Harvey transition from "remnants" to a Major Cat. 4 Hurricane in 72 hours. #PrelimNonOperational pic.twitter.com/EvxSH1WgxW
— Cory Mottice (@EverythingWX) August 26, 2017
Still very little if any sign of weakening from Harvey at almost 2 AM CT. Four hours after initial landfall. pic.twitter.com/XO3AVWPV5x
— Michael Carter (@85WMC) August 26, 2017
HOMES DESTROYED – Video like this just breaks your heart, but shows the extreme power & strength of #HurricaneHarvey #TXwx pic.twitter.com/XNDc90MDI7
— Meredith Garofalo (@GarofaloWX) August 26, 2017
This CMAN station (open marine exposure), east of Corpus, tagged 110mph G131mph, at slightly above standard height (14m), ~8:40p CDT #Harvey pic.twitter.com/v1IuJ39lSP
— Greg Postel (@GregPostel) August 26, 2017
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BREAKING: Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor TX at 10pm CT as a powerful Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph. Central pressure of 938mb. This storm becomes the first landfalling Cat 4 in Texas since Carla 1961.
Saturday 4am BST
Latest visible satellite & infrared imagery
LATEST TWEETS
Category 4 Hurricane #Harvey makes landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor Texas. #txwx #rgvwx #rgv #spi #PreliminaryNonOperational pic.twitter.com/YQwnBl9kJW
— NWS Brownsville (@NWSBrownsville) August 26, 2017
NHC made it official- first category 4 #hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Carla in 1961. Wow. #Harvey 🌀 pic.twitter.com/hyQF6YBlw2
— Eric Blake 🌀 (@EricBlake12) August 26, 2017
Major Category 4 Hurricane Harvey battering the Texas Coast with wind gusts to 116 mph. Roof damage being reported.https://t.co/Bl9XBAhBvs pic.twitter.com/t6NMzuSHvy
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 26, 2017
Wind now dead calm at Rockport marine station in the eye of Hurricane Harvery. pic.twitter.com/AjrTPxScrO
— Anthony Sagliani (@anthonywx) August 26, 2017
One more #GOES16 30-sec VIS loop showing #Harvey approaching the Texas coast as the sun sets – data preliminary and non-operational pic.twitter.com/0FhhIqig3Z
— Dan Lindsey (@DanLindsey77) August 26, 2017
That's the strongest looking hurricane on satellite I have ever seen at #Landfall in the U.S. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/XKDaRM2DrG
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) August 26, 2017
Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery (from @UWCIMSS) capturing the rapid intensification of Hurricane #Harvey over last 24-hrs. Frightening. pic.twitter.com/Mofduioq7b
— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) August 26, 2017
The record long US major (Cat.3+) hurricane landfall drought of 4323 days has come to an end with the landfall of Cat 4 Hurricane #Harvey. pic.twitter.com/8f9nHCZl7o
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) August 26, 2017
HARVEY LATEST: A MAJOR HURRICANE with winds of 125 mph on approach to Texas!
Latest visible satellite & infrared imagery
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LATEST TWEETS
11pm BST
Hurricane Harvey ramping up quickly here in Rockport, Tx. #Hurricaneharvey @ExtremeStorms getting shots. pic.twitter.com/9XvlIcEtYc
— Jeff Gammons (@StormVisuals) August 25, 2017
The rarest of warnings now issued for Corpus Christi area: Extreme Wind Warning. Only used for wind events >115 mph. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/Ms4qPCfCS9
— Brenden Moses (@Cyclonebiskit) August 25, 2017
10.30pm BST
Batten down the hatches, Texas. Thoughts and prayers with all of you tonight. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/erCB0LUCmE
— Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) August 25, 2017
Incredible how something so beautiful can be so perilous at the same time…just off the the coast of Corpus Christi, TX #TXwx #Harvey pic.twitter.com/PI67gj0KBD
— Kirk 🌽 Hinz (@Met_khinz) August 25, 2017
Mustang Island @WeatherNation @JVPStorm @MoSigg pic.twitter.com/p4XRR8cnGl
— martin herrera (@9Cowboysrule) August 25, 2017
The history of #Harvey from an Invest near Africa on Aug. 13 to Category 3 on Aug. 25 pic.twitter.com/qyEdiFX1BJ
— Chris Dolce (@chrisdolcewx) August 25, 2017
Friday 6pm BST
Wind gusts above the surface are no joke — Continuing to strengthen as #HurricaneHarvey comes onshore. pic.twitter.com/HYR1baZpdP
— WeatherOptics (@weatheroptics) August 25, 2017
10 am CDT Key Messages for Hurricane #Harvey. Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding expected. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/Tdo9Qsxk1L
— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) August 25, 2017
#Skytower radar snapshot of #Harvey. Center of storm roughly 85 miles southeast of Corpus Christi. #txwx pic.twitter.com/rPqRJdyk7Z
— Tyler Eliasen FOX 13 (@FOX13Tyler) August 25, 2017
Catastrophic flooding expected from #HurricaneHarvey with almost 3' of rain in hardest hit areas, 2'+ for Houston, and 1'+ for San Antonio. pic.twitter.com/6kQnFUQtzd
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 25, 2017
Latest GFS data still dumps locally 30-35" rain across coastal Texas. Incredible flooding still expected. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/b4Yk9R4iH1
— Ed Vallee 🌽 (@EdValleeWx) August 25, 2017
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