It is already packing max wind speed of 120 miles an hour, harvey is expected to drop up to 3 feet of rain in some areas and could deliver as much as a 15foot storm surge. Governor of texas has declared a state of disaster for 30 counties in the storm as path, harvey is expect to make land fall late tonight or early tomorrow morning. I want to take you out to graphics and see what harvey looks like, satellite enhanced satellite shows that powerful storm very well defined eye wall, just off of the texas coast, moving, very quickly, toward shore. If this storm had more time to strengthen it would justin to do so, water vice warm, the element really conn dues turf future development. It is a category three major hurricane sustained wind at 125 miles an hour as it sits off the coast of texas, central pressure 941 millibars and moving inland. By tomorrow afternoon it is inland and harvey could loop back around in the warm coastal waters of the gulf of mexico restrengthening and notice next
It is already packing max wind speed of 120 miles an hour, harvey is expected to drop up to 3 feet of rain in some areas and could deliver as much as a 15foot storm surge. Governor of texas has declared a state of disaster for 30 counties in the storm as path, harvey is expect to make land fall late tonight or early tomorrow morning. I want to take you out to graphics and see what harvey looks like, satellite enhanced satellite shows that powerful storm very well defined eye wall, just off of the texas coast, moving, very quickly, toward shore. If this storm had more time to strengthen it would justin to do so, water vice warm, the element really conn dues turf future development. It is a category three major hurricane sustained wind at 125 miles an hour as it sits off the coast of texas, central pressure 941 millibars and moving inland. By tomorrow afternoon it is inland and harvey could loop back around in the warm coastal waters of the gulf of mexico restrengthening and notice next
With very heavy bands of rain. Theyve already seen tornado warnings and it likely will continue to rain there through the middle of next week. And if you look at the buoy report you can see wind gusts 68 Miles Per Hour just off the coast of Corpus Christi. So, hurricanes come with a whole package of problems. Youve got flooding rains, the storm surge and really the rain will be the biggest problem. This storm once it makes landfall will basically stall. It will be a lumbering slow moving disaster so were looking at some areas that could get close to 30inches of rain in a period of several days. Thats about a years worth of rain. So, these are the latest facts on Hurricane Harvey. Category three landfall likely tonight on the verge of a cat four. Catastrophic flooding, Power Outages for days and that storm surge could be up to 12 feet. Ill have more details on the storm and also our local weather coming up in the seven day. Jim. Thank you cecily. Were going to go live to center city and
Harvey made land fall and we are already hearing about a lot of damage right there. Reporter you can see some of this behind our hotel here, trees down, fences down every where and more significant damage. And while daylight will begin to reveal some of that, the slow motion disaster is far from over. A torrential rain, high winds, pounded the texas golf coast, harvey made land fall 30 miles northe of Corpus Christi as a category four her dane, the most intense storm to hit the u. S. In more than a decade. 125 Miles Per Hour winds, took aim at the town of rockport, a high school, a Senior Housing center and parts of historic downtown, all hit. Hours later, the monster storm made a second land fall, and started weakening, but it is on track to jump up to 3 feet of rain in some areas. As harvey approached officials urged coastal residents to evacuate, many boarded buses and headed inland. Trying to be strong because i dont want my children to sianni then they get scared, you know, they w
Christi this morning with the very latest, don, good morning reporter good morning, Hurricane Harvey continues to show little mercy on this part of the texas gulf coast, and while daylight will soon reveal some of the initial damage, the slow motion disaster is far from over. Band of torrential rain high wind pounded texas gulf coast all night, harvey made land fall 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a category four hurricane most intense storm to hit the u. S. In more than a decade. 125mile an hour winds, took aim at the town of rockport high school, Senior Housing center and parts of historic downtown, all hit. Hours later, the monster storm made a second land fall, and started weakening, but it is on track, up to 3 feet of rain in some areas. Already more than 200 you this people are without power, and it has prompted a boil water advisory here in Corpus Christi, anyone who stays behind has been told to boil their water before they consume it. As harvey approached officials urg