Galveston calls for evacuations

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Galveston calls for evacuations

#1 Postby Guest » Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:05 pm

West end first - due to high tide would hamper evacuations tomorrow.

Stay tuned.

Patricia
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#2 Postby bfez1 » Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:24 pm

Keep us posted, Patricia
Cause we want to know------
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#3 Postby wx247 » Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:28 pm

I didn't see your post Ticka. I posted the official info. from the City of Galveston in my thread.
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#4 Postby JCT777 » Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:38 pm

Yes, please do keep us posted Ticka.

Here is the latest info from Weather Underground:

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#5 Postby ColdFront77 » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:03 pm

It will have to make more of a turn quite soon to move NW, WNW and W.
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#6 Postby jj » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:04 pm

I would think the Bolivar ferry would be quick to shut down if tide gets above 4 feet. Any chance of that happening today?
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#7 Postby Lindaloo » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:05 pm

I agree Tom. It certainly does not look like it is going to make that turn as predicted no time soon for it to head due west.
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#8 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:08 pm

Bolivar folks are heading out now also.

I find it so crazy that the original forecast path (to Brownsville) from Friday isn't even within that forecast cone now. Not even close.
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#9 Postby Colin » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:24 pm

I don't think this thing has a chance of moving due west now, NNW if anything...will be something to keep a very close eye on...
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#10 Postby JetMaxx » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:30 pm

I think it's a good idea to evacuate the west end of Galveston Island....just in case.

The latest NHC model suite (18z) brings Claudette inland nearer to Galveston (appears to be the Freeport - Bay City area) -- between Galveston Island and Palacios.

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#11 Postby southerngale » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:33 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:Bolivar folks are heading out now also.

I find it so crazy that the original forecast path (to Brownsville) from Friday isn't even within that forecast cone now. Not even close.


Yeah GD...a few days ago Claudette was going to hit Mexico and now she's showing up on my local radar!!!
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#12 Postby JetMaxx » Mon Jul 14, 2003 3:00 pm

Well, although hurricane forecasting is an inexact science....NHC has had a pretty good handle on this storm. Overall Claudette hasn't been that surprising trackwise...at least not to me.

Here's an email I sent to my good friend Tim (TimnMS) over a week ago (I ### out his email addy....he may not want it made public).

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From: PerryXXL@webtv.net (Perry)
Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2003, 1:03am
To: tsduck@#####.net (tsduck)

Subject: Re: the tropical wave

Tim, if it survives the "Caribbean Graveyard" just north of South America....I think it will become a hurricane and threaten the Gulf Coast by next weekend......IMO most likely the Texas or Mexican Coasts (between Tampico and Galveston).

Perry


Global models a week ago forecast a ridge of high pressure extending westward to the Texas Coast by the past weekend and today -- meaning anything in the Caribbean would most likely never affect the Gulf Coast east of Sabine Pass. Also, climatology shows weak (cat-1 or cat-2) hurricanes aren't rare along the western Gulf Coast in July.

PW
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