Tropical Depression Twenty-Two has formed in the Gulf

If it keeps going slow, the amount of water it can dump is mind boggling.

LIke I said, my house got over 50 inches of rain in 4 days with Harvey.

A big rain band started dumping water on my house while the hurricane was still making landfall down in Corpus. And it never let up for 4 damn days straight.

50+ inches.

Same here. I stay in Pasadena. It was intense non stop rain. My street became a swamp. Everyone got flooded, no one was spared.

Sure, but it was only forecasted to be a hurricane in the Gulf. It was always forecasted to be a tropical storm up the coast and now inland through TX into LA. I wouldn't say it will fizzle. Too much energy.

Still holding 60 mph and under 1000 millibars and it's crawling at 2 mph as of 7pm CST.

The forecast before that it had stalled.

Yes it will crawl through Texas and be close enough to the coast to pull the gulf moisture in during its natural counter-clockwise rotation.

Could be another epic rain-maker for sure.

Hopefully that cold front will blow it the hell out of here before it dumps too much rain.

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 09/19/2020 11:15 PM

Where I live, there is a dike built to protect from flooding.
It ended up breached anyway, but only the west part of the development got flooded. I was spared. I guess where I am is just slightly high enough to survive just about anything. But having the house next to me burn was pretty scary. Flames really high, even in the intense downpour. I guess the roof material gets super dry with the Texas heat.

Two updates ago - the track was split between Houston and Galveston, then closer to Galveston and now closer to Houston as Beta wobbles out in the Gulf.

Landfall ~48 hours away yet. Texas should start getting the TS symptoms tomorrow sometime.

Landfall is still barrier islands of Matagorda Bay.
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Expect the track to shift over Sunday and Monday...like Sally!

11pm update takes Beta down a bit as it approaches the coast. Expecting nothing more than 60 mph. Lots of dry air in its path.

That's good news for wind, waves and surge. Rainfall may not be affected much. 2-4 foot surges at east central Texas coast.

It may work out for parts of Texas that need rain and not flooding!!

Track is currently through Pasadena. Keeps shifting west. Could go through Houston.
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Through downtown Houston.

I don't mind it. Got sandbags ready just in case.

How many fake hurricanes are we having this year?

It's certainly odd to see these last two storms in the Gulf move at only 2 mph and stall at times wobbling around. Sally made a lot of small direction changes approaching the coast.

This is believed to be the result of a longer warm summer season where cold steering fronts simply are not getting down into the gulf or gulf states.

You know that 'fake globally warmed climate change'.

That said AC maybe you should ask Laura and Sally victims about 'fake' storms.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is under a wind advisory. We are getting a lot of rain and wind tonight.

Beta is seriously disorganized and discombobulated.

Is it Beta or Biden?

Circulation headed west - convection north.

Update 5am MST

winds 60 mph
pressure 997 mb's
movement wnw at 3 mph

Tropical depression/storm 22's eye should make landfall very early on the 22nd and be in Houston late that night.

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Outer bands moving into Galveston.

New area under watch near central eastern coast of FL...may not turn into anything!

Update 8am MST-

winds 60 mph
pressure 996 mb's
movement wnw at 3 mph

track unchanged

BETA! WHEN IS THE NEXT UPDATE? IT WILL SCOUR THE ENTIRE COASTLINE OF THE GULF!

AAARRRGGGHHH!

Headed straight to my house.

I am on high ground, but the wind could cause problems.

That blows, darth.

Houston

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be-ta

be-ta

be-ta!

4pm CST update-

wind 60 mph
pressure 996 mb's
movement wnw at 5 mph

track unchanged

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It's in Poseidon's hands now ..

Salt water washing into Texas.

Doubled his speed to 6 mph.

Teddy is going to WRECK someones picnic basket.

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We are in between updates.

Victoria, Sugarland, Rosenburg and Houston heads up!!

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Forecast is tropical depression into northern MS.

Tupelo honey..hello Memphis