Dolly comes ashore as a Category 2
Dolly came ashore at about 1 PM CDT/2 PM EDT as a Category 2 storm, just north of the town of South Padre Island, Texas. It is heading now between Harlingen and Raymondville, and basically is headed in this direction.
Dolly is now back to a Category 1 storm, but she definitely left damage. Surprisingly the winds picked up to 100 mph and the pressure dropped to about 967 mb just before landfall, which is a bad scenario, especially since yesterday it was only a tropical storm and people weren't taking this too seriously. Damage assessments aren't in yet, however the Bahia Mar hotel in South Padre apparently has extensive damage, and rainfall could be as much as 10" in some areas.
Storms this far south are fairly rare, and only 6 have hit within the vicinity of South Padre. The most notable is Beulah who was a Category 5, but a weakening Category 3 storm when it made landfall in almost the same area as Beulah.
UPDATE: The 4PM CDT update has an 85 mph Cat 1 Dolly on the Kenedy/Willacy County line (which is fortunately a very unpopulated area). The storm is still bad in the Valley, but the eyewall is not hitting a populated area. The Hurricane Warning from the Kenedy/Kleburg county line up to Corpus is discontinued, replaced by a Tropical Storm Warning. The Mexican government has also discontinued the Hurricane Watch/Tropical Storm Warning south of San Fernando.
If you're interested, you can watch live streaming coverage on KGBT online. (And as a personal note, I sent an e-mail saying I was watching from Atlanta and they read my e-mail on the air!
EVENING UPDATE: Dolly has now entered Hidalgo County, just where it meets up with Willacy & Kenedy Counties. It is temporarily still at Cat 1 with 75 mph winds.
Dolly is now back to a Category 1 storm, but she definitely left damage. Surprisingly the winds picked up to 100 mph and the pressure dropped to about 967 mb just before landfall, which is a bad scenario, especially since yesterday it was only a tropical storm and people weren't taking this too seriously. Damage assessments aren't in yet, however the Bahia Mar hotel in South Padre apparently has extensive damage, and rainfall could be as much as 10" in some areas.
Storms this far south are fairly rare, and only 6 have hit within the vicinity of South Padre. The most notable is Beulah who was a Category 5, but a weakening Category 3 storm when it made landfall in almost the same area as Beulah.
UPDATE: The 4PM CDT update has an 85 mph Cat 1 Dolly on the Kenedy/Willacy County line (which is fortunately a very unpopulated area). The storm is still bad in the Valley, but the eyewall is not hitting a populated area. The Hurricane Warning from the Kenedy/Kleburg county line up to Corpus is discontinued, replaced by a Tropical Storm Warning. The Mexican government has also discontinued the Hurricane Watch/Tropical Storm Warning south of San Fernando.
If you're interested, you can watch live streaming coverage on KGBT online. (And as a personal note, I sent an e-mail saying I was watching from Atlanta and they read my e-mail on the air!
EVENING UPDATE: Dolly has now entered Hidalgo County, just where it meets up with Willacy & Kenedy Counties. It is temporarily still at Cat 1 with 75 mph winds.
Labels: Hurricanes, Texas
posted by Hurricanes and Zip Codes | 1:21 PM
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