Tropical Storm Humberto Shifts Away From Galveston
POSTED: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
UPDATED: 10:23 pm CDT September 12,
2007
GALVESTON, Texas -- Tropical Storm Humberto shifted Wednesday night and will not make a direct hit on Galveston Island as predicted earlier, KPRC Local 2 reported.
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A tropical storm warning was issued from Sargent, Texas, to Intracoastal City, La. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 24 hours.At 10 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm Humberto was about 25 miles south-southeast of Galveston at latitude 29.0 N and longitude 94.6 W. The storm was moving toward the north-northeast at 6 mph and had maximum sustained winds of near 65 mph."Galveston is not in the cone anymore. If you follow the cone of uncertainty, you're looking at a 2 a.m. landfall in southern Jefferson County," KPRC Local 2 chief meteorologist Frank Billingsley said. "It's the feeder bands with the heavy rain that are concern."The storm is projected to move toward Louisiana on Thursday and into Mississippi on Friday.
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"It doesn't look like it's going to be an issue for the Houston area. You might say we have dodged the proverbial bullet," Billingsley said. "This path will take it generally to the Beaumont area and those folks there are going to have to deal with some heavy rains."Five to 10 inches of rain is expected, with 15 inches of rain possible through Friday."Isolated tornadoes with this are a possibility," Billingsley said."It's moving slow and that is bad with a tropical storm," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez said. "You do not want a tropical storm moving slow because it is going to dump a tremendous amount of rain."Wind speeds in Houston and Galveston were moving out of the north, and Yanez said that could cause trouble as the storm nears."What's going to happen is the storm is going to slow down because you have these competing winds that are moving against each other," Yanez said. "It's not the southerly wind where it can hit and race on out of here. Whenever you have that collision, it's going to slow this storm down. Obviously, with a storm like this that could bring in some incredibly heavy amounts of rain."
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A tropical storm warning was issued from Sargent, Texas, to Intracoastal City, La. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 24 hours.At 10 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm Humberto was about 25 miles south-southeast of Galveston at latitude 29.0 N and longitude 94.6 W. The storm was moving toward the north-northeast at 6 mph and had maximum sustained winds of near 65 mph."Galveston is not in the cone anymore. If you follow the cone of uncertainty, you're looking at a 2 a.m. landfall in southern Jefferson County," KPRC Local 2 chief meteorologist Frank Billingsley said. "It's the feeder bands with the heavy rain that are concern."The storm is projected to move toward Louisiana on Thursday and into Mississippi on Friday.
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Houston Prepares For Severe Storms From Humberto "It doesn't look like it's going to be an issue for the Houston area. You might say we have dodged the proverbial bullet," Billingsley said. "This path will take it generally to the Beaumont area and those folks there are going to have to deal with some heavy rains."Five to 10 inches of rain is expected, with 15 inches of rain possible through Friday."Isolated tornadoes with this are a possibility," Billingsley said."It's moving slow and that is bad with a tropical storm," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez said. "You do not want a tropical storm moving slow because it is going to dump a tremendous amount of rain."Wind speeds in Houston and Galveston were moving out of the north, and Yanez said that could cause trouble as the storm nears."What's going to happen is the storm is going to slow down because you have these competing winds that are moving against each other," Yanez said. "It's not the southerly wind where it can hit and race on out of here. Whenever you have that collision, it's going to slow this storm down. Obviously, with a storm like this that could bring in some incredibly heavy amounts of rain."
Galveston Prepares
Galveston was in the direct path of Humberto when it formed Wednesday afternoon.The Galveston Beach Patrol tried to make sure people knew that the tropical storm was headed for the island city."It popped up overnight, so quick like that, there's not a lot of preparation you can do make. Luckily, it's not severe enough where we'd look at any evacuations," said Peter Davis with Galveston Beach Patrol.The waves and wind started to build on Wednesday afternoon.Officials warned everyone to secure their homes and belongings."A 65 mph wind is something to be careful of, but it's not anything to panic over," said Lyda Ann Quinn Thomas, Galveston's mayor.People were asked to bypass FM 3005 because of expected flooding and take an alternate route such as Stewart Road. More Weather:- Weather Section Texas Radar Loop VIPIR Radar Loop 7-Day Forecast National Weather Alert Map River Levels Severe Weather Alerts Monitor Approaching Storms With Premium Weather
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