Transcription of Hurricane Harvey
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+ NATIONAL Hurricane CENTER TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT Hurricane Harvey (AL092017) 17 August 1 September 2017 Eric S. Blake and David A. Zelinsky National Hurricane Center 9 May 20181 NASA TERRA MODIS INFRARED IMAGE OF Harvey AT 0419 UTC 26 AUGUST 2017 JUST AFTER LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 4 Hurricane IN TEXAS. IMAGE COURTESY OF UW/CIMSS. Harvey started as a typical weak August tropical storm that affected the Lesser Antilles and dissipated over the central Caribbean Sea. However, after re-forming over the Bay of Campeche, Harvey rapidly intensified into a category 4 Hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) before making landfall along the middle Texas coast.
measurement of 938 mb with 10 kt of surface wind at 0215 UTC 26 August . The lowest observed pressure on land was 940.8 mb reported by a storm chaser in Rockport at 0331 UTC 26 August. Another storm chaser reported a pressure of 932.8 mb in Rockport at about the same time, but
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