Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hurricane Dolly was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Deep South Texas in July 2008. Dolly was the fourth tropical cyclone and second hurricane to form during the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Dolly developed on July 20 from an area of disturbed weather in association with a strong tropical wave. It was named at that time, as ...
Track map of Hurricane Bertha 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale , the first of the season, roughly 750 mi (1,210 km) east of the northern Leeward Islands .
The fourth named storm and third hurricane of the season, Dolly developed from a tropical wave to the west-southwest of Jamaica on August 19. Initially a tropical depression, the system strengthened into a tropical storm about twelve hours later. Dolly headed westward and intensified into a Category 1 hurricane late on August 20.
July 23, 2008 – Hurricane Dolly makes landfall at South Padre Island with winds near 100 mph. A storm surge of 4 ft (1.2 m) is observed across much of the coast of southern Texas. [117] Dolly's remnants cause coastal and inland flooding and over 12 in (300 mm) of rain in some locations, peaking at 15 in (380 mm) in Harlingen. [118]
The name Dolly has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide. In the Atlantic Ocean: Hurricane Dolly (1953) – strong hurricane that weakened rapidly before passing over Bermuda; Hurricane Dolly (1954) – stayed far from land; Hurricane Dolly (1968) – moved up the east coast of the United States but did not make landfall
The track is likely to be heavily influenced by the position of a dome of high pressure along the southern Atlantic coast of the United States and the speed of an approaching non-tropical storm ...
Ernesto, the second named storm of the week, is "expected to become a hurricane overnight while passing northeast of Puerto Rico,'' the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. Atlantic ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.