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.
of Rockport, Texas at 0300 UTC that day. Sustained winds of 115 kt and a minimum central pressure of 937 mb are estimated for that landfall. The hurricane then made a second landfall on the Texas mainland 3 h later, slightly weaker due to land interaction, with 105 kt winds and an
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