Hurricane Harvey dropped over 20 inches of rain across a large area in coastal Texas with some areas observing nearly 50 inches of rain. NOAA climate.gov image using data from NOAA's AHPS.
60 inches of rain fell from Hurricane Harvey in Texas, shattering U.S. storm record. New data from the National Weather Service shows that a weather station near Nederland, Tex. about 10 miles north of Port Arthur received 60.58 inches of rain from Hurricane Harvey.
A week out from Harvey’s landfall, forecasters knew the storm could make a turn into the Texas Coast. Five days out, they knew flooding was a possibility. Three days beforehand, AccuWeather forecast as much as 16 inches of rain in Houston. And NBC meteorologist Bill Karins tweeted about the possibility of a "dump" of up to 18 inches.
Hurricanes Irma and Maria followed within a month of Harvey, affecting Florida, Puerto Rico, and much of the Caribbean, respectively causing $50 billion and $90 billion in damages.
60 inches60 inches of rain fell from Hurricane Harvey in Texas, shattering U.S. storm record. New data from the National Weather Service shows that a weather station near Nederland, Tex. about 10 miles north of Port Arthur received 60.58 inches of rain from Hurricane Harvey.
60.58 inchesHarvey's rainfall was the most significant tropical cyclone rainfall event in Southeast Texas and United States history since reliable rainfall records began in the 1880s. The highest storm total rainfall report from Harvey was 60.58 inches near Nederland, Texas, with another report of 60.54 inches near Groves, Texas.
Our ruling. Kerry said on CNN that Hurricane Harvey dropped more water on Houston in five days than the amount of water that flows over Niagara Falls in a year. By the time Harvey dissipated it had dropped around 33 trillion gallons of water primarily on Texas, Louisiana and, to a lesser extent, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Instead of moving inland and farther away from the coast, Harvey stalled over South and Southeast Texas for days, producing catastrophic devastating and deadly flash and river flooding. Southeast Texas beared the brunt of the heavy rainfall, with some areas receiving more than 40 inches of rain in less than 48 hours!
According to the National Weather Service, the city saw 35.48 inches of rain for the four-day Harvey drenching, as of 11 a.m. Monday. While Houston's four-day rainfall totals tower above other readings, the totals for other Texas locations include many that had seen more than 10 inches of rain.
August 17, 2017Hurricane Harvey / Date
Hurricane Rainfall Such a storm sheds about 1.5 centimeters (0.6 inches) of rain daily across a circular area with a 665-kilometer (414-mile) radius. Volume-wise, this translates to 2.1 x 10^16 cubic centimeters (1.3 x 10^15 cubic inches) per day.
Scientists say they know the amount of rain that fell on Houston during Harvey through the pressure all that water put on the Earth's crust. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: How much rain fell on Texas when Hurricane Harvey struck in August?
Typically, a hurricane can push out more than 2.4 trillion gallons of precipitation in a single day, according to National Geographic.
August 17, 2017Hurricane Harvey / Date
Hurricane HarveyThe wettest tropical cyclone in the United States storm on record is Hurricane Harvey, which dumped 60.58 in (1,539 mm) of rain on Southeast Texas in 2017.
Aug. 25, 2017PORT ARANSAS, Texas (KXAN) — Wednesday marks the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey's landfall near Port Aransas. The storm made landfall as a category four hurricane on Aug. 25, 2017, flooding Houston and all of Harris County with tremendous amounts of rain, according to the National Weather Service.
Hurricane Harvey dropped over 20 inches of rain across a large area in coastal Texas with some areas observing nearly 50 inches of rain. NOAA climate.gov image using data from NOAA's AHPS.
More than 6.7 million people in a 29,000 square mile area (the size of West Virginia) received at least 20 inches of rain in seven days. And a large area east of Houston observed 40 inches of rain. Houston observed two of its wettest five days ever on back to back days August 26 and 27.
Ranking of the 50 wettest 4-day periods on record at Houston's Hobby Airport. The top four wettest 4-day periods all involve rainfall related to Hurricane Harvey. From August 26-29, 35.6 inches of rain at Houston's Hobby Airport setting the record for wettest 4-day period. It was nearly double the previous pre-Harvey record for 4-day rainfall.
Thanks to weak winds in the upper atmosphere that generally serve to steer tropical systems and a high pressure system to the north that blocked any escape, Harvey stalled over Texas for several days. This allowed for Harvey to tap into the warm Gulf of Mexico for a seemingly endless supply of water, which it turned into torrents of rain from Corpus Christi to Houston to Beaumont. The final rainfall numbers were staggering. To be quite honest, I’m still at a loss at even comprehending.
At Houston’s Hobby airport, the three-day rainfall from August 26-28 was larger than the previous record for wettest 65-day period. Three of the airport’s 5 wettest days since 1930 happened during Harvey (August 26, 27, and 28).
The Harris County Flood Control District estimated that one trillion gallons of water fell in the county in four days. A meteorologist with the Harris County Flood Control District noted that it was estimated that 70% of the county was flooded by at least 1.5 feet of water. With the city quickly filling with water, thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes. The flooding extended east to Beaumont and Port Arthur as Harvey slowly ambled east.
A meteorologist with the Harris County Flood Control District noted that it was estimated that 70% of the county was flooded by at least 1.5 feet of water. With the city quickly filling with water, thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes.
The ability of weather forecasters to nail the magnitude of the threat posed by Harvey days in advance was seen as a marked improvement in the forecasting business, one that is being celebrated in their close-knit community.
Relying on improved science now, the profession needs to make clear when it is not just speculating, but is convinced trouble is on the way, he said. The profession had that conviction with with Harvey.
The mayor tweeted on Friday: "Chaotic 2005 traffic with Hurricane Rita lurking was tragic. No official has issued evac order for Houston now. Calm and care! #Harvey.” On Sunday, he defended his decision to keep Houstonians at home.
The National Hurricane Center has released its final storm summary on rainfall and winds associated with Hurricane Harvey. Cedar Bayou, Texas recorded 51.88 inches of rain from Harvey, breaking the continental U.S. record for rainfall from a single storm.
Port Aransas, Texas recorded the highest peak wind gusts, at 132 mph. Parts of Houston recorded more than 44 inches of rain from Harvey, and Beaumont-Port Arthur saw 47.35 inches. Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday, Aug. 26 as it made landfall. Wednesday, Harvey was downgraded again to a tropical depression with sustained winds ...
All the rain that Hurricane Harvey dumped on Texas and Louisiana, in one massive water drop - Vox.
It’s a once-in-1,000-years flood. And the consequences have been catastrophic: At least 46 are dead, around 30,000-40,000 homes have been destroyed, ...
And the consequences have been catastrophic: At least 46 are dead, around 30,000-40,000 homes have been destroyed, and 35,000 people relocated to emergency shelters. The recovery is expected to cost well more than $150 billion, and it will take years to complete. It’s all because over six days, 27 trillion gallons of water fell over Texas ...
To help, we wondered what 27 trillion gallons would look like in one giant raindrop. Its size is reminiscent of a mushroom cloud. Harvey’s total rainfall dwarfs the amount of rain dumped over Louisiana and Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Harvey started as a tropical wave off the African coast on Sunday, August 13th and tracked westward across the Atlantic and on August 17th become a tropical storm which moved into the Caribbean Sea where Harvey become disorganized.
On the morning of the 23rd, Harvey was upgraded again to tropical depression as the Bay of Campeche and the Western Gulf of Mexico had very warm waters.
Hurricane Harvey wrought 130-mph winds when it made landfall late Friday night in Rockport, Texas. (©2017 Genesis Photo Agency/photo by Kevin Vandivier) Gallery. Lilly Rosales wants her 4-month-old son Alex Xavier to grow up in the same house where she grew up and continues to live.
Hurricane Harvey is directly responsible for 68 deaths, the largest number of direct deaths from a hurricane in Texas since 1919, according to the National Hurricane Center. Another 35 deaths are also indirectly attributed to Harvey, making the total closer to 103.
Hurricane Matthew in late 2016 had been downgraded to a Category 1 by the time it made landfall on the East Coast . “The geographic area and the population affected by this horrific hurricane and flooding … is far larger than the population and geographic area of Katrina,” Abbott said on “Fox News Sunday.”.