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Hurricane Harvey (2017)

Hurricane Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, with 132 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 937 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Corpus Christi, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 82 mph.

Peak strength132 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 4
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
LandfallsFirst August 18, 2017
5
Lowest pressure
937 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Harvey’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. August 18, 2017, tropical storm at 46 mph, in Barbados
  2. August 18, 2017, tropical storm at 46 mph, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  3. August 26, 2017, Category 4 at 132 mph, about 24 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
  4. August 26, 2017, Category 3 at 121 mph, about 31 miles from Corpus Christi, TX
  5. August 30, 2017, tropical storm at 46 mph, 29.8°N, 93.5°W

Modeled winds at cities (1)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Corpus Christi, TX82 mph67 mph22 milesAug 25, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT

What happened

Its center made landfall on the northern end of San Jose Island, about 5 nautical miles east of Rockport, Texas, at 0300 UTC on August 26 (10 p.m. CDT on August 25), with sustained winds of 115 knots (132 mph) and a central pressure of 937 mb.1,2 Three hours later it made a second landfall southeast of Refugio on the northeast coast of Copano Bay, with 105-knot (121 mph) winds and a pressure of 948 mb.1 The storm stalled near the Texas coast for four days, then made a final landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, at 0800 UTC on August 30 with 40-knot (46 mph) winds.1

The highest measured gust, 145 mph, was recorded at the Aransas County Airport in Rockport.2 Storm surge and tide flooded the back bays between Port Aransas and Matagorda to 6 to 10 feet above ground.1 About 15,000 homes were destroyed and 25,000 more damaged in Aransas, Nueces, Refugio and eastern San Patricio counties.1 Rain totaled 60.58 inches near Nederland, Texas, and 36 to 48 inches fell in the Houston metro area.1 More than 300,000 structures and up to 500,000 cars flooded in southeastern Texas.1 Harvey produced 52 preliminarily reported tornadoes, almost all rated EF0 or EF1.1 NHC counts at least 68 direct deaths, all in Texas and 36 of them in Harris County, plus about 35 indirect deaths.1 NOAA estimates $125 billion in damage.1

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA National Hurricane Center: Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Harvey (AL092017)
  2. 2. NWS Corpus Christi: Major Hurricane Harvey - August 25-29, 2017

Best track (74 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 16, 06:00 UTCLow29 mph1013 mb13.7°N, 45.8°W
Aug 16, 12:00 UTCLow29 mph1010 mb13.7°N, 47.4°W
Aug 16, 18:00 UTCLow29 mph1009 mb13.6°N, 49.0°W
Aug 17, 00:00 UTCLow29 mph1010 mb13.6°N, 50.6°W
Aug 17, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1008 mb13.4°N, 52.0°W
Aug 17, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb13.1°N, 53.4°W
Aug 17, 18:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1004 mb13.0°N, 55.0°W
Aug 18, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1003 mb13.0°N, 56.6°W
Aug 18, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1004 mb13.0°N, 58.4°W
Aug 18, 10:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm46 mph1004 mb13.1°N, 59.6°W
Aug 18, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1004 mb13.1°N, 60.3°W
Aug 18, 15:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm46 mph1004 mb13.2°N, 61.2°W
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