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Updated NWS: Tropical Storm Humberto now Hurricane Humberto and Over Texas Coast (0210 CDT)
NOAA/NHC ^ | September 12, 2007 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 09/12/2007 7:57:20 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Tropical Disturbance has formed in the NW Gulf of Mexico. Radar indicates a defined surface circulation. The system may strengthen into a tropical depression later today, with the possibility of further strengthening into a tropicalstorm prior to landfall. Houston and Galveston are under flash flood watches.

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Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential
Tropical
Depression
< 39 mph
< 34 kts
    Minimal
Tropical
Storm
39 - 73 mph
34 - 63 kts
    Minimal
Hurricane 1
(Weak)
74 - 95 mph
64 - 82 kts
28.94" or more
980.02 mb or more
4.0' - 5.0'
1.2 m - 1.5 m
Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2
(Moderate)
96 - 110 mph
83 - 95 kts
28.50" - 28.93"
965.12 mb - 979.68 mb
6.0' - 8.0'
1.8 m - 2.4 m
Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3
(Strong)
111 - 130 mph
96 - 112 kts
27.91" - 28.49"
945.14 mb - 964.78 mb
9.0' - 12.0'
2.7 m - 3.7 m
Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4
(Very strong)
131 - 155 mph
113 - 135 kts
27.17" - 27.90"
920.08 mb - 944.80 mb
13.0' - 18.0'
3.9 m - 5.5 m
Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5
(Devastating)
Greater than 155 mph
Greater than 135 kts
Less than 27.17"
Less than 920.08 mb
Greater than 18.0'
Greater than 5.5m
Catastrophic building failures possible


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: humberto; tropical
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To: girlscout

Oh, lucky you! Seabrook and that whole area is gorgeous! I don’t get over there as much as I’d like to.


241 posted on 09/13/2007 4:39:38 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: Uncle Ike

Bookmark for morning


242 posted on 09/13/2007 4:46:11 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (We has met the enemy, and he is us........)
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To: NautiNurse

Bump!


243 posted on 09/13/2007 5:49:01 PM PDT by TheLion (How about "Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement," for a change)
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To: NautiNurse

Yup. That’s when it rains so hard even the frogs drown.


244 posted on 09/13/2007 6:37:50 PM PDT by brothers4thID (FDT: "Every notice that while our problems are getting bigger, our politicians are getting smaller?")
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To: brothers4thID

We’ve always called them toad soakers.

Hubby and I got caught by Humberto in Beaumont. When we left home yesterday the storm wasn’t much of anything, so we didn’t think we needed to change our plans.

Thank God it wasn’t worse. Being on the 9th floor of a hotel with no power, etc. was not pleasant and it’s not something I want to do again.

All in all it was just an inconvenience for us but it offered some good lessons.


245 posted on 09/13/2007 6:49:41 PM PDT by RoseyT
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To: NautiNurse

TD 8 will officially become Ingrid at 11, models have initialized it as a TS.

Should be a non-story for all but die hard weather observers though as it either dies or slowly strengthens as it heads out into the open atlantic in the next few days.


246 posted on 09/13/2007 7:22:37 PM PDT by nwctwx
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To: nwctwx

Thanks!


247 posted on 09/13/2007 7:23:20 PM PDT by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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To: fishergirl

I’ve been here for over 20 years and aside from the increased traffic I have no complaints. It is a pretty area and I’m glad to call it home. ;-)


248 posted on 09/13/2007 7:28:39 PM PDT by girlscout
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To: eastforker; NautiNurse

I don’t see much that would indicate any real shot at tropical development in the GOM over the next few days.

I also think there is a real chance that Cape Verde storms will present little threat to the U.S. for the remainder of the season as autumn westerlies begin to kick in.

I mentioned “home grown” storms would be the main threat a few weeks ago — I still think along those lines, but I am starting to feel like this will be another largely quiet year for landfalling hurricanes in the U.S. After 2005, sort of amazing that Humberto is the first landfalling Hurricane since Wilma, almost 2 yrs ago.


249 posted on 09/13/2007 7:44:36 PM PDT by nwctwx
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To: nwctwx

250 posted on 09/13/2007 7:45:40 PM PDT by nwctwx
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To: Rte66

God bless John Simon.

I like to stand outside and watch the storms roll in. Maybe I won’t do that anymore.


251 posted on 09/13/2007 8:00:13 PM PDT by Palladin (Satan to Fidel: "Let me light your cigar.")
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To: nwctwx

Uh-oh...here comes Ingrid. The two girls I knew by that name were really mean!


252 posted on 09/13/2007 8:01:39 PM PDT by Palladin (Satan to Fidel: "Let me light your cigar.")
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To: Palladin; RDTF; NautiNurse

Humberto didn’t exist until late Wednesday afternoon, and wasn’t even a tropical storm until almost midday, strengthening from a tropical depression with 35-mph winds to a hurricane with 85-mph winds in just 18 hours, senior hurricane specialist James Franklin said at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

“To put this development in perspective, no tropical cyclone in the historical record has ever reached this intensity at a faster rate near landfall. It would be nice to know, someday, why this happened,’’ Franklin said.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5128029.html


253 posted on 09/14/2007 6:48:23 AM PDT by nwctwx
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To: nwctwx

pretty neat!


254 posted on 09/14/2007 7:59:57 AM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: nwctwx

Hurricanes are so unpredictable.

I wonder what surprises this hurricane season has yet in store for us.


255 posted on 09/14/2007 4:08:40 PM PDT by Palladin (Satan to Fidel: "Let me light your cigar.")
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