Tropical Storm/Hurricane Season 2008

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Tropical Storm : Fay
(Florida)




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National Guard troops prepare to tow a partially submerged Humvee vehicle out of a drainage ditch Photo: AP





Fay began moving west across mainland Florida on Thursday afternoon after hugging the northeast Atlantic coast for hours, repeatedly lashing the region with rain.

President George W. Bush later declared an emergency in the waterlogged, wind-battered state.

"The president today declared an emergency exists in the state of Florida and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts, due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Fay," spokesman Gordon Johndroe said in a statement.

Fay dumped 20 to 30 inches of rain in some parts of the state.

Police and National Guard troops evacuated people from flooded parts of Merritt Island, where lakes overflowed into houses. Hundreds of homes were also flooded in St. Lucie and Brevard counties, some by as much as 5 feet (1.52 meters) of water.

Thousands of homes across the state lost power and 134 people spent the night in shelters.

Officials also received numerous calls from residents who spotted alligators, snakes and other animals driven from their natural habitats by the deluge.

Governor Charlie Crist warned the situation was dangerous.

"I want to stress that this storm is becoming a serious catastrophic flooding event," he said.

No deaths have been reported in Florida as a result of Fay, which was blamed for 20 deaths in the Caribbean before it travelled to the state's southwest coast.

The storm is expected to move northwest bringing heavy rains to northern Florida and southern Georgia.

Jacksonville is expected to bear the brunt of the storm later today. Schools, government offices and many businesses have closed down in anticipation of widespread flooding.

The National Hurricane Center said the storm was expected to weaken after moving back over land.

Fay, first struck the US on Monday when it hit the Florida Keys, then veered out to sea before crossing Florida, briefly strengthening, then stalling.



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I am right under Titusville, the storm isn't really bad, it's just taking forever! It has stayed right on top of us for hours! It's been here since Tuesday, and it's still about to travel through the state again to the west.


Thank god I live on the top of a hill, lol. :-P

[Mzor203]

Egad, it's diminished quite a bit since hitting Florida. The Doppler picture yesterday showed a much more full system.

How high were the wind speeds?

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This picture is in comparision with the state instead of just my area.

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Wind gusts are between 40-50.

Yeah, this storm isn't a big deal, it's just taking forever!! Kids went to school Monday and then had the rest of the week off.

[Mzor203]

I wish I were there. I would've had a blast. :D

[RaisingSand]

Well, that's not good ...

[thesphinx]

I hope there isn't to much damage

[Bobby]

Heather let me know how bad it actually is cause my familie's condos are pretty close to you.

[-Silence]

Daytona, right?

Volusia County got hit harder than we were, the winds not bad but someone might want to check on those condo's for flooding. That's what's been happening all over the state, and is the major issue.

Nearly all of our 67 counties will have been impacted by the time Fay leaves our state.

[Bobby]

Well we have Hurrican Shutters on the one so it should be fine.

[Whisper]

Canada's weather is so boring

:cry:

[-Silence]

But you've got blizzards and fucking northern lights!!!!
I want to see the dancing lights so bad! :cry:

[Bobby]

Yeah Kodie. Don't you have icebergs?

(I wasn't serious for any of you questioning my brain).

Trust me, hurricanes aren't fun if you're in them.

[Mzor203]

Canada's weather is so boring

:cry:

I know. Here there's a four letter word that describes it:

Rain.

The end.

It's why I savour every day of being in New York. THUNDERSTORMS!!! :yeah:

[Whisper]

Yeah Kodie. Don't you have icebergs?

(I wasn't serious for any of you questioning my brain).

Trust me, hurricanes aren't fun if you're in them.

No...I have Glaciers, aurora borealis, thunderstorms, blizzards, Ice storms
etc..

But they seriously aren't that interesting
its very rare to have some exciting weather here

[-Silence]

I've got a sun now!!

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Fay Not Done Yet, Threatens Gulf Cities
posted: 3 HOURS 54 MINUTES AGO

APALACHICOLA, Fla. (Aug. 24) — After meandering through Florida for nearly a week, Tropical Storm Fay was finally downgraded to a tropical depression, but cities along the Gulf Coast still weren't in the clear.

Forecasters say the storm could continue to dump 6 to 12 inches of rain from the Florida panhandle to eastern Louisiana through the next several days.

As a tropical storm, Fay set a record with four landfalls in Florida and was blamed for at least 11 deaths there and another in Georgia.

Though the storm weakened as it traveled inland Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph, cities from Pensacola to New Orleans were still preparing for possible flooding.

"People automatically assume that if it weakens, the hazards go down with it, but in the case of rainfall, it's not a function of wind speed," said Jamie Rhome of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "Slow-moving systems dump a lot of rainfall."

At 11 p.m. EDT Saturday, the tropical depression was 30 miles north-northeast of Pensacola and 60 miles east-northeast of Mobile, Ala. It was moving west-northwest at 8 mph.

The forecast indicates the depression could slow in the next few days and possibly stall Monday over southern Mississippi or eastern Louisiana, Rhome said. It was expected to bring heavy rain to southern Alabama and Mississippi on Sunday.

The U.S. Coast Guard in Mobile closed numerous ports and waterways between Panama City in Florida and the Alabama coast to the east.

In Alabama, Gov. Bob Riley declared a state of emergency and officials opened shelters Saturday in the coastal counties of Mobile and Baldwin. Trucks capable of rescuing people from floodwaters were also in place. Utility officials said thousands of people lost power.

In the New Orleans area, which is approaching the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, forecasts called for several inches of rain. In St. Bernard Parish, site of some of the worst post-Katrina flooding, emergency officials were handing out sandbags Saturday.

Officials in Slidell, La., said emergency vehicles had been fueled and workers were on call.

Sandbags were also distributed in Ocean Springs, Gulfport and Biloxi on the Mississippi coast. The Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing evacuated aircraft Saturday from Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi to locations in South Florida and Texas. The 403rd includes planes known as "hurricane hunters" that officials said would be available to continue to monitor Fay.

The Gulf Islands National Seashore closed a campground area and four barrier islands to the public.

Thousands of homes and businesses in Florida were inundated with flood waters this week as the storm worked its way north from its first landfall in the Florida Keys and zigzagged across the peninsula.

Tropical Storm Fay, seen on Aug. 18, is the sixth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.

Fay's center made its fourth landfall early Saturday about 15 miles north-northeast of Apalachicola, Fla., according to the National Hurricane Center.

Rains and strong wind gusts blitzed Tallahassee, the state capital, for more than 24 hours, knocking down trees and power lines and cutting electricity to more than 12,000 customers.

In southwest Georgia, officials said a boy drowned Saturday while playing in a drainage ditch swollen by 10 to 12 inches of rain.

His death, along with the 11 deaths in Florida, bring the toll from Fay to at least 35. A total of 23 died in Haiti and the Dominican Republic from flooding.

Fay's wake caused widespread flooding along Florida's east coast, especially in Jacksonville near the storm's third landfall.

The Office of Insurance Regulation reported Saturday that roughly 6,700 homeowners filed claims, although only some were because of flooding.

Gov. Charlie Crist has asked the federal government to declare the worst-hit areas major disaster areas.

Fay had been an unusual storm since it was named Aug. 15. After hitting the Keys on Monday, it crossed open water again before hitting a second time near Naples on the southwest coast. It limped across the state, popped back out into the Atlantic Ocean and struck again near Flagler Beach on the central eastern coast. It was the first storm in almost 50 years to make three landfalls in the state as a tropical storm. Its fourth landfall as such was the first in recorded history.

"This is unprecedented in terms of the slow nature of this storm, the large circulation and the fact that it's impacted probably about 90 percent of the state with heavy rains and severe weather," state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.

[Maverick]

Its just been overcast here with occasionally rain. The good thing is that its kept the temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than normal.

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Hurricane Gustav

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NEW ORLEANS -- Hurricane Gustav is in the Gulf of Mexico, with nothing but warm water in front of it as it continues toward Louisiana's gulf coast.
Meanwhile, the projected path of Tropical Storm Hanna has changed again, now pushing it northwest toward the Bahamas.

Gustav's Position at 8 a.m.



Position: 24.7 North, 85.5 West
Distance from mouth of Mississippi River: 375 miles SE
Distance from New Orleans: 459 miles SE
Movement: 16 mph NW
Winds: 120 mph
Minimum Central Pressure: 960 mb (28.35 inches)

8 a.m. Hurricane Gustav Advisory


Gustav is moving quickly northwestward toward the northern Gulf Coast.
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for the northern Gulf Coast, from Cameron, La., eastward to the Alabama-Florida border, including the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.

A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect from east of the Alabama-Florida border to the Ochlockonee River, and from west of Cameron, La., to just east of High Island, Texas. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours.
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect from west of Cameron, La., to just east of High Island, Texas. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 36 hours.

A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the lower Florida Keys, west of the Seven Mile Bridge to the Dry Tortugas.
At 8 a.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Gustav was located near latitude 24.7 north, longitude 85.5 west, or about 375 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Gustav is moving toward the northwest near 16 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days, with some decrease in forward speed expected on Monday. On this track, Gustav will be moving across the central Gulf of Mexico today, and make landfall on the northern Gulf Coast on Monday.

Reports from Air Force Reserve and NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 120 mph, with higher gusts. Gustav is a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some restrengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours, and Gustav could regain Category 4 strength later today or tonight. Fluctuations in strength are likely, but Gustav is forecast to remain a major hurricane until landfall.

Gustav is a large tropical cyclone. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 50 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 200 miles.

The NOAA automated station at Pulaski Shoal Light, Fla., recently reported 2-minute average winds of 51 mph, with a gust of 60 mph.

The latest minimum central pressure reported by the Air Force hurricane hunter is 960 mb, or 28.35 inches.

An extremely dangerous storm surge of 18 to 25 feet above normal tidal levels is expected near and to the east of where the center of Gustav crosses the northern Gulf Coast. A storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above normal tide levels is possible in the Dry Tortugas as Gustav passes to its west.

Gustav is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches over portion of Louisiana, southern Mississippi and southern Arkansas, with isolated maximum amounts of up to 20 inches possible through Wednesday morning.

Additional rainfall amounts of about an inch are possible over Florida Keys and South Florida.

Isolated tornadoes are possible over the central Gulf Coast later today.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 11 a.m. EDT.



Tropical Storm Hanna


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Hanna's Position at 8 a.m.




Position: 23.2 North, 69.5 West
Distance From Grand Turk Island: 155 miles NE
Movement: 12 mph WNW
Winds: 60 mph
Minimum Central Pressure: 999 mb (29.50 inches)


8 a.m. Tropical Storm Hanna Advisory


Hanna is continuing west-northwestward.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for all of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
A tropical storm watch is also in effect for the southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, the Inaguas, Mayaguana and the Ragged Islands.
At 8 a.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Hanna was located near latitude 23.2 north, longitude 69.5 west, or about 155 miles northeast of Grand Turk island.

Hanna is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph. A west to west-northwestward motion is expected, with a gradual decrease in forward speed during the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the center of Hanna is expected to move north of the Turks and Caicos Islands today and tonight.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected during the next couple of days.

Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205 miles from the center. NOAA buoy 41046 recently reported a 1-minute average wind of 40 mph.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb, or 29.50 inches.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches will be possible in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Long-period swells from Hanna are expected to increase the risk of dangerous rip currents along portions of the southeastern United States coast during the next couple of days.

The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 11 a.m. EDT.

[Techno Monster]

It is bright and sunny here, I was told that Louisiana was gonna get hit again.

[Sugaree]

Shit, more rain for us. I believe that Gustav is going to turn when it's up by the border of Texas/Oklahoma which is going right towards the midwest.

Here comes Hannah! It's obviously going to hit Florida or possibly South Carolina. Then it's going straight towards Ohio. This sucks. Can't get a good few weeks of sun.

[Bobby]

I just got back from Florida a few minutes ago and the area where I was wasn't hit bad by Gustav of Fay, but preperations were beginning for Hannah.

[-Silence]

Glad to know the condo's are okay, Bobby! :D
Yeah, I think Hanna is going to hit FL, and it's going to be alot like Fay and take forever!!

And then there's Ike, hahaha.

MIAMI -- Hurricane Hanna has weakened to a tropical storm, but heavy rainfall continues to affect the southeastern Bahamas, Turks and Caicos islands and Haiti. Central Florida is watching its development and path, though the Category 1 hurricane is currently expected pass east of the peninsula.
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Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Ike is speeding over the open waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It could become a hurricane around Thursday.
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Gustav has weakened to a tropical depression, but remains a flood threat.
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Hanna and Josephine are pretty much gone.

Now Ike:
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This is the latest Hurricane Ike advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
The next advisory will be at 2 p.m.
Ike's Position at 11 a.m.



Position: 21.0 North, 73.4 West
Distance From Guantanamo, Cuba: 130 miles ENE
Distance From Melbourne: 669 miles SE
Movement: 13 mph W
Winds: 135 mph
Minimum Central Pressure: 949 mb (28.02 inches)




At 11 a.m. EDT, the eye of Ike was passing over Great Inagua Island.

The government of Cuba has extended the Hurricane Warning westward to include the provinces of Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos. A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Las Tunas and Granma, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.

The government of Cuba has issued a Hurricane Watch for the Cuban provinces of Matanzas, La Habana and Ciudad de Habana. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 36 hours.

A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the Florida Keys from Ocean Reef southward, including the Dry Tortugas.

The Tropical Storm Warning for the northern coast of the Dominican Republic is discontinued.

A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas including the Acklins, Crooked Island, the Inaguas, Mayaguana, and the Ragged Islands, and for the central Bahamas including Cat Island, the Exumas, Long Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador.

A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the Northern Peninsula of Haiti, from the northern boarder with the Dominican Republic to gonaives.

A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for Andros Island in the Bahamas.
All interests in the remainder of the Bahamas, Cuba and South Florida should closely monitor the progress of this potentially dangerous hurricane.

For storm information specific to your area, including possible inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your local weather office.

At 11 a.m., the center of Hurricane Ike was located near latitude 21.0 north, longitude 73.4 west, or about 15 miles west-southwest of Great Inagua Island, and about 130 miles east-northeast of Guantanamo Cuba.
Ike is moving toward the west near 13 mph. A west to west-southwest motion is expected to continue today, with a turn toward the west-northwest expected on Monday. On this track, the core of the hurricane will move through the southeastern Bahamas today, and move near or over eastern Cuba tonight, and near or over central Cuba late Monday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 135 mph, with higher gusts. Ike is an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Fluctuations in strength are possible today and tonight but Ike is expected to remain a major hurricane as it approaches eastern Cuba. Ike is expected to weaken as it moves over eastern and central Cuba on Monday.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 145 miles.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 949 mb, or 28.02 inches.
Storm surge flooding of 13 to 18 feet above normal tide levels, along with large and dangerous battering waves, can be expected within the warning area in areas of onshore flow.

Large swells generated by Ike will affect portions of the southeast United States coast during the next couple of days. These waves could generate dangerous and life-threatening rip currents.

Rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches are expected over the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas. Hispaniola and eastern Cuba could see 6 to 12 inches of rain with isolated maximum amounts of up to 20 inches possible. These rains will likely cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides over mountainous terrain.

[Maverick]

Fay is long gone. Time for a new thread title. :P

[-Silence]

Thanks hun, I tried changing it but it didn't work!
And I didn't want to keep making new threads. :-P

[Sugaree]

Damn. The Gulf is just getting pounded with hurricanes this year. I hope all those people are ok!

[Kiros]

I wish I could kill hurricanes with shovels or other gardening tools. =[

[The Batman]

Lol. My small country town(which I hate) has been hit with a lot of rain from those hurricanes.

[Sugaree]

Yeah, we get the rain after you people do. That sucks.