Hurricane Harvey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Meteorological history== {{main|Meteorological history of Hurricane Harvey}} {{Storm path|Harvey 2017 path.png|left|300px|colors=new}} Hurricane Harvey originated from a westward-moving [[tropical wave]] that emerged from [[Africa]] over the eastern Atlantic Ocean, on August 12. A surface circulation slowly developed and [[Atmospheric convection|convection]] consolidated around the low over the subsequent days; the system became a [[tropical depression]] on August 17, roughly {{convert|505|mi|km|abbr=on|round=5}} east of [[Barbados]].<ref name="Harvey Advisory Number 2"/> Maintaining its brisk westward motion, the system strengthened slightly and became a tropical storm later that day, at which time it was [[Tropical cyclone naming|assigned the name]] ''Harvey''. With [[maximum sustained wind]]s of {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}}, Harvey made [[landfall]]s in Barbados and [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent]] on August 18 before entering the Caribbean. Hostile environmental conditions, namely [[wind shear]], imparted weakening and caused Harvey to degenerate into a tropical wave by August 19.<ref name="Harvey Advisory Number 11"/> Though it lacked an organized surface low, the remnants of Harvey continued to produce significant convection as it traversed the Caribbean Sea and [[Yucatán Peninsula]]. The system reached the [[Bay of Campeche]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] on August 23 and soon consolidated around a new surface low.<ref name="TCR">{{cite report|author1=Eric S. Blake|author2=David A. Zelinsky|publisher=[[National Hurricane Center]]|location=Miami, Florida|date=January 23, 2018|access-date=January 29, 2018|title=Hurricane Harvey (AL092017)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092017_Harvey.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126083538/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092017_Harvey.pdf|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:NHQ 2017 0825 Space Station Cameras Peer down on Major Hurricane Harvey~orig.webm|thumb|Hurricane Harvey as seen by NASA aboard the [[International Space Station]] on August 25.]] Late on August 23, the remnants of Harvey regenerated into a tropical cyclone and re-attained tropical storm intensity by 18:00 UTC.<ref name="Harvey Advisory Number 12"/> Initial reorganization was slow; however, within a highly favorable environment, the system soon underwent [[rapid intensification]] as an [[Eye (cyclone)|eye]] developed and its [[Atmospheric pressure|central pressure]] quickly fell. After becoming a hurricane on August 24, Harvey continued to quickly strengthen over the next day, ultimately reaching peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane.<ref name="Harvey update"/> Around 03:00 UTC on August 26, the hurricane made landfall at peak intensity on [[San Jose Island, Texas|San Jose Island]], just east of [[Rockport, Texas|Rockport]], with winds of {{convert|130|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}} and an [[atmospheric pressure]] of {{convert|937|mbar|inHg|lk=on|abbr=on}}. It made a second landfall on the Texas mainland, at Rockport, three hours later in a slightly weakened state. Harvey became the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since [[Hurricane Wilma|Wilma]] in [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]].<ref name="TCR"/> Once Harvey moved inland, it began to weaken rapidly as its speed slowed dramatically to a crawl, and Harvey weakened to a tropical storm on August 26. For about two days the storm stalled just inland, dropping very heavy rainfall and causing catastrophic flash flooding. Harvey's center drifted back towards the southeast, ultimately re-emerging into the [[Gulf of Mexico]] on August 28. Once offshore, the poorly organized system struggled against strong wind shear. Deep convection persisted north of the cyclone's center near the [[Houston metropolitan area]] along a [[stationary front]], resulting in several days of record-breaking rain. Early on August 30, the former hurricane made its fifth and final landfall just west of [[Cameron, Louisiana]], with winds of {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}}. Associated convection with Harvey became focused north of the center and along a warm front on September 1 as it moved further inland, indicating that the system transitioned into a post-tropical cyclone by 06:00 UTC that day. The remnants continued northeastwards before being absorbed into another extratropical system on September 3.<ref name="TCR"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page