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Hurricane Alex
NOAA/NHC ^ | 29 June 2010 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 06/29/2010 7:48:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Alex is taking aim at the Texas/Mexico border in the Western Gulf of Mexico. The official NHC forecast calls for Alex to make landfall just south of Texas on Wednesday night. Tropical storm force winds extend 140 miles from the center of the system. Alex is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches over portions of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas...with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches.

NHC Public Advisories
NHC Discussion

Satellite Images and Loops

Buoy Data: Western Gulf of Mexico

Local Weather:

NWS Local Weather Statements Brownsville TX & Corpus Christi TX
Brownsville Radar Loop
Corpus Christi Radar Loop

Local News:

Island Breeze News, So. Padre Island
Brownsville Herald
KRGV Channel 5 News Rio Grande Valley
KVEO Channel 23 Rio Grande Valley News
KIII TV Corpus Christi

Additional Resources:

Ibiseye Detailed tracking maps include city names
StormPulse Interactive tracking capabilities
Hurricane City
Crown Weather


TOPICS: Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alex; hurricane; tropical
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Lots of useful links located above.

1 posted on 06/29/2010 7:48:30 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse

Please don’t be another Ike, the inland hurricane that hit Ohio. I’ll never forget it as long as I live...


2 posted on 06/29/2010 7:51:51 PM PDT by TSgt (We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: NautiNurse

"I'll take things that blow for $200, Trebeck."

3 posted on 06/29/2010 7:52:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: abb; abbi_normal_2; aberaussie; alancarp; Alas Babylon!; Alia; Alice in Wonderland; ...
Hurricane Alex

About 255 miles SE of Brownsville TX, noving W at 9 mph.
Max sustained winds 75 mph, 973 mb.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 15 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to
175 miles.


On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

4 posted on 06/29/2010 7:54:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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To: TSgt

And Ike made landfall as only a Cat. 2 storm.


5 posted on 06/29/2010 7:56:31 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: NautiNurse

Bump! Thanks NN!


6 posted on 06/29/2010 7:58:55 PM PDT by BlueAngel
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To: Jedidah

We were without power for a week but fortunately for us the weather was nice and we had a generator.

Speaking of which, might be a good time to get gas and exercise the generator...


7 posted on 06/29/2010 8:00:43 PM PDT by TSgt (We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: NautiNurse
No hurricane this... Alex is a tropical storm that did not land below TX border, but turned, degraded and is sitting just of Louisiana coast as of about one hour ago.. as per satellite image below.


8 posted on 06/29/2010 8:03:16 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: NautiNurse

Just started raining here. Don’t know if it’s outer bands or if it’s just fingers.


9 posted on 06/29/2010 8:09:47 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Congress is out of order!)
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To: NautiNurse

TANKS,NN ,,,

I sure hope it moves fast,,,

The last I heard there are 12’ waves in the Gulf,,,(Fox)...


10 posted on 06/29/2010 8:11:52 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: TSgt
Speaking of which, might be a good time to get gas and exercise the generator...

Just ran mine this last week with a 3KW load. Keep 3 gallons in it with Stabil mixture and change the gasoline in it out completely once a year and the oil every other year. Never had a bit of trouble with it in 6 years.

11 posted on 06/29/2010 8:13:35 PM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks for the thread NNurse. I’ve got family 50 miles inland down in the toe of Texas on the border.


12 posted on 06/29/2010 8:13:49 PM PDT by Liberty Valance
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To: Ron C.
Looks like a small remnant of Alex, left after that mass broke away and headed northeast toward Louisiana, still remains and could reform as a hurricane again - but with half the mass and greatly reduced wind velocity.

Just guessing - from views seen at this link.

Maybe this is God's oil-spill cleanup campaign... who knows.

13 posted on 06/29/2010 8:14:51 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: NautiNurse

Advisory notes no change in watches and warnings, but it sure look like the cone has shifted well south of the border.


14 posted on 06/29/2010 8:22:44 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Congress is out of order!)
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To: Ron C.

I think that’s a spin off storm,,,

The center of rotation is far south of that,,,

I’m in NW Louisiana and we’re getting T-Storms up here,,,

This storm won’t clean-up anything,,,

It’s driving the oil into the marsh...


15 posted on 06/29/2010 8:24:35 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Ron C.

Those are outer bands and they’ll keep spinning off until the storm goes inland.

Have always said this is the way God cleans house, the bays, the beaches, etc.


16 posted on 06/29/2010 8:25:53 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Congress is out of order!)
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To: SouthTexas

Bloody media types have been praying for a hurricane, and for a few hours they had what they wanted... but, notice how they’ve been absolutely mum about the breakup of this storm for the past four hours?


17 posted on 06/29/2010 8:27:56 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: TSgt

You think it was bad in Ohio - you should have seen it in Houston!


18 posted on 06/29/2010 8:28:50 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( - Eccl. 10:18 -)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
"It’s driving the oil into the marsh..."

Not so good...

19 posted on 06/29/2010 8:30:42 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: SouthTexas

Agree with the shift with the current due west storm track. However, a general west-northwestward motion is expected over the next 24 to 48 hours.


20 posted on 06/29/2010 8:31:46 PM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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