ALERT: HURRICANE HARVEY EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR HURRICANE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN TEXAS

It has been more than 10 years since a major hurricane has made landfall on the United States coast. It was Hurricane Wilma in October of 2005. The last hurricane to affect Texas was category 2 Hurricane Ike in 2008, nearly 10 years ago. Harvey is now forecast by the National Hurricane Center to become a category 3 hurricane upon making landfall near Corpus Christi on the Texas coast. This makes Harvey a major hurricane. The latest storm information on Harvey as of 12:00 pm is:

STORM INFORMATION:

  • Location: About 350 miles southeast of Port Aransas, TX or about 360 miles south-southeast of Port O’Connor, TX
  • Coordinates: 24.0°N 93.3°W
  • Intensity: 80 mph (Now Category 1 Hurricane Harvey)
  • Movement: north-northwest or 340 degrees at 10 mph

The latest forecast track for Harvey has it making landfall near Corpus Christi, TX as a category 3 major hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 115 mph. After landfall, Harvey is expected to slow down tremendously meandering around the Texas coast. It is forecast to dump life-threatening torrential rainfall as far inland as San Antonio. Impacts on the weather from this very dangerous storm around DFW will be analyzed further this afternoon. Though, given the latest model guidance most of the impacts will be relegated well to our south and southeast. Our weather will depend greatly on the storm’s exact track after coming ashore. It is expected that this storm will be picked up by an incoming trough Monday/Tuesday and carried off to the northeast. However, if that trough is delayed, the storm could push further west.