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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rita continues to weaken… max sustained winds 120 mph… landfall LA/TX border.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:09:44 PM EDT

Rita continues to weaken… max sustained winds 120 mph… landfall LA/TX border.

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HURRICANE RITA ADVISORY NUMBER 26
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

...EYE OF MAJOR HURRICANE RITA JUST A FEW HOURS FROM LANDFALL NEAR
THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER...
...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS BATTERING SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO MORGAN
CITY LOUISIANA. 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 HAVE
ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
COAST OF LOUISIANA EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL
RIVER... INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN... AND FROM SOUTH OF SARGENT TEXAS TO PORT ARANSAS
TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 93.2 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES... 90
KM... SOUTHEAST OF SABINE PASS ALONG THE GULF COAST AT THE
TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER.

RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH... 19 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL. A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. RITA IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR
TO LANDFALL. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER RITA MOVES
INLAND.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 205 MILES...335 KM. A WIND GUST TO 74 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED
AT LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 931 MB...27.49 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
LOCALLY UP TO 20 FEET AT HEAD OF BAYS AND NEARBY RIVERS...WITH
LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO
THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY
RUNNING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI
AND ALABAMA COASTS IN THE AREAS AFFECTED BY KATRINA. TIDES IN THOSE
AREAS WILL INCREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE
WAVES... AND RESIDENTS THERE COULD EXPERIENCE COASTAL FLOODING.
LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY RITA WILL LIKELY AFFECT MOST PORTIONS OF
THE GULF COAST.

SINCE RITA IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN TEXAS
AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. MAXIMUM RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 25
INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER LOCALIZED AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...SATURDAY...AND SATURDAY
NIGHT OVER FAR EASTERN TEXAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.1 N... 93.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 931 MB.

INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT MIDNIGHT CDT AND 2 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.

FORECASTER KNABB

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:11:00 PM EDT

[#1]

The Bush hurricane machine must be running out of steam.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:11:29 PM EDT

[#2]

IIRC, most of the refineries around the coastal areas are designed for a Cat 3 storm.........lets hope that Rita lessens before she comes ashore

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:15:25 PM EDT

[#3]

Your hurricane-fu is weak.

It's just a puss of a storm...nothing to see here move along:

Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 kt or 178-209 km/hr). Storm surge generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off trees and large trees blown down. Mobile homes and poorly constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the hurricane. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by battering from floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:23:18 PM EDT

[#4]

I'm luvin it. It looks like my home will be spared. Thank God

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:25:34 PM EDT

[#5]

I bet if someone would shoot it with one of those .50 cal rifles that can down satellites it would weaken in a hurry

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:28:26 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Your hurricane-fu is weak.

It's just a puss of a storm...nothing to see here move along:

Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 kt or 178-209 km/hr). Storm surge generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off trees and large trees blown down. Mobile homes and poorly constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the hurricane. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by battering from floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more.

don't speak too soon, someone here thought NOLA dodged the bullet with Katrina

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:32:09 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

don't speak too soon, someone here thought NOLA dodged the bullet with Katrina

Yea it is a bit premature to start celebrating… a Cat. 3 storm can do a lot of damage.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:32:23 PM EDT

[#8]

[Democrat] Bush originally sent it to finish off the blacks in LA but since he aimed it wrong and it may hit Texas, he used the storm generator to weaken it since its touching Texas. [/Democrat]

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:42:35 PM EDT

[#9]

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:45:10 PM EDT

[#10]

120 mph!?!

That's all!?!

Heck, what's all the whining about?

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:46:17 PM EDT

[#11]

They must have nuked it.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:48:49 PM EDT

[#12]

Dry air, shallow water...she shot her wad yesterday.

Hopefully the oil platforms are spared and our oil prices will not go up.

Someone must have been prayin' in Houston!!

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:50:30 PM EDT

[#13]

Damn. Sorry if I sound selfish and callous, but I hope we still get some rain. I was really counting on that storm passing through here

It's like the freaking mojave desert up here in DFW right now. Could have bought a new AR15 for the money I've spent on water bills this summer.

Posted: 9/23/2005 7:51:13 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Dry air, shallow water...she shot her wad yesterday.

Hopefully the oil platforms are spared and our oil prices will not go up.

Someone must have been prayin' in Houston!!

So much for the dire straights....spot on, N-G. Hell, we're going home tomorrow down to Pearland from the NW side of Houston...nothing is happening up here-Thank God.

HH

Posted: 9/23/2005 8:43:01 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Damn. Sorry if I sound selfish and callous, but I hope we still get some rain. I was really counting on that storm passing through here

It's like the freaking mojave desert up here in DFW right now. Could have bought a new AR15 for the money I've spent on water bills this summer.

Don't worry, it looks as if y'all will get 10 to 15 inches of rain real soon.

Vulcan94

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