Hurricane Dolly: 5 years later

[Ptarmigan]

Hurricane Dolly: 5 years later
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story ... e7hqkDbiDc

From July 22-24, 2008, Dolly dumped as much as 18 inches across portions of the Rio Grande Valley and whipped up winds exceeding 100 miles per hour.

"4-6 hours of 100 mph wind gusts and torrential rains added up," National Weather Service Brownsville office warning coordination meteorologist Barry Goldsmith said.

"It was a busy three days," Goldsmith said.

Dolly was a late bloomer. It didn't develop into a tropical storm until two days before it hit the coast along the Willacy-Cameron County line.

Dolly was a struggling tropical storm. Before it made landfall it became a Category 2 hurricane and dumped heavy rains of up to 18 inches. It shows that a tropical storm can rapidly intensify and that is a dangerous situation.

[srainhoutx]

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Remember the old outdated KHOU Weather Forum platform following two of our KHOU Board members Hurricane Josh and Scott747 making that intercept?

[Ptarmigan]

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Remember the old outdated KHOU Weather Forum platform following two of our KHOU Board members Hurricane Josh and Scott747 making that intercept?

I wish we could see the old KHOU Weather Forum. It had Hurricane Ike.

[tireman4]

Yeah that old forum had some banter between the folks during Ike. It was interesting to say the least. There was a contest (yes a contest..lol) to see where Ike would land. I tease Ticka to this day because she had Ike going over my house. LOL. It did.

[tireman4]

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Remember the old outdated KHOU Weather Forum platform following two of our KHOU Board members Hurricane Josh and Scott747 making that intercept?

I do. Very much so.

[kayci]

I signed up to that forum in 1998, anyone remember Wxnerd (Matt)??? He's a Met now (forgot where)

[SusieinLP]

I remember how crazy the forums got during Rita. I think everyone was terrified. I know I was

[tireman4]

I signed up to that forum in 1998, anyone remember Wxnerd (Matt)??? He's a Met now (forgot where)

Yep. Very much. I know he graduated from Penn State...not sure what he is doing now..Srain might know....