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HOUSTON - Thursday is a FOX 26 Storm Alert Day as we could see heavy rain, ... Once we get past today, tonight brings the chance for some fog and tomorrow looks pretty quiet. On Saturday, there ...
Hurricane Alicia was a small but powerful tropical cyclone that caused significant destruction in the Greater Houston area of Southeast Texas in August 1983. Although Alicia was a relatively small hurricane, its track over the rapidly growing metropolitan area contributed to its $3 billion damage toll, making it the costliest Atlantic hurricane at the time.
The most intense storm in terms of both barometric pressure and maximum sustained winds was Hurricane Carla in 1961, which also caused the most fatalities, with 46 deaths. [nb 1] The first storm to impact the state during the period was Tropical Storm How in October 1950, with the latest being Tropical Depression Twenty in September 1979. [1]
Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY December 26, 2024 at 10:33 AM The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the Houston metro area and parts of Louisiana on Thursday.
Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical cyclone that devastated southeast Texas in June 2001.An arguable example of the "brown ocean effect", Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical and subtropical for 16 days, most of which was when the storm was over land dumping torrential rainfall.
Another reconnaissance aircraft shortly thereafter discovered Allen had become an extremely strong Category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 911 mbar (26.9 inHg) the following day. This was the lowest central pressure ever recorded in the eastern Caribbean Sea. [3]
“Then I'm looking at the barometric pressure, which is a measure of [the] intensity of the hurricane,” he adds, "and I'm seeing the pressure drop precipitously.
It's hardly the first time the Houston area has faced widespread power outages. In 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall on Galveston Island as a Category 2 storm, causing flooding and wind damage to the Houston area. It left about 2.2 million CenterPoint customers without power, according to the Harris County Flood Control District, which said ...