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As the derecho moved through the Greater Houston area, it produced wind gusts of up to 100 mph (161 km/h) in Downtown Houston. [2] The derecho was considered the worst damaging wind event to affect Houston in nearly 25 years. The strong winds in Downtown Houston blew out the windows of many high-rise buildings in the area, littering the streets ...
Hurricane-force wind gusts reported in Texas and Louisiana: Wind speeds reached as high as 100 mph in downtown Houston, a National Weather Service storm damage survey crew determined Friday. Wind ...
aka "Hurricane Elvis" Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Derecho: May 21, 2004 [16] Mississippi – Tennessee Valley Derecho of 2004: July 13, 2004: A derecho formed out of the cell that caused the Roanoke tornado. It swept southeast over southwest Indiana bringing winds of around 58 mph to Evansville and much of the city was left without power. [17]
Exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks were a once-in-a-generation event and the damage left in their wake is comparable to that caused by a ...
The Severe Weather and Derecho Recovery Fund has been established by the Greater Houston Disaster Alliance - a joint effort of the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the United Way of ...
Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas. According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years. On any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline, a ...
A powerful derecho affected areas from Southeast Texas to Florida, producing four EF1 tornadoes. [6] Three of these tornadoes were reported in the western Greater Houston area, with the first one occurring in Waller County [139] and the next two touching down on the south side of Cypress. The tornadoes destroyed outbuildings, rolled campers ...
The large storm — which has tropical-storm-force winds extending 290 miles northeast from the center — could be a rainmaker, bringing 5-10 inches of rain and up to 15 inches to some locations ...