hurricane harvey made its first landfall near rockport, texas.
hurricane harvey made its first landfall near rockport, texas.
where did hurricane harvey make its first landfall?
near rockport , texas
on august 23, harvey moved into the bay of campeche and quickly developed a well-defined circulation, becoming a tropical depression later that day and a tropical storm fifteen hours later. curving northwestwards into a favorable environment with low wind shear and high sea surface temperatures, harvey began to consolidate and developed an eye. rapid intensification ensued as harvey approached the coast of texas, with harvey becoming a hurricane in the afternoon of august 24. despite some dry air entrainment halting the intensification process for the rest of the day, harvey soon resumed strengthening and became the season's first major hurricane in the evening of august 25. continuing to deepen, harvey attained peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h)—category 4 status on the saffir–simpson scale—and a minimum pressure of 937 mbar (hpa; 27.67 inhg), as it made its first landfall near rockport, texas at 03:00 utc on august 26. this made harvey the first major hurricane to make landfall in the united states since wilma in 2005, the first major hurricane in texas since bret in 1999, and the strongest in texas since carla in 1961. rapid weakening began as harvey made a second landfall just north of holiday beach three hours after its first, degrading to a tropical storm that evening. trapped between two ridges to its west and east, harvey dramatically slowed as it moved inland, but began drifting southeast back towards water on august 27.
meteorological history of hurricane harvey
bullet::::- 06:00 utc (1:00 a.m. cdt) at  – hurricane harvey weakens to a category 3 hurricane and makes its second landfall on the northeastern short of copano bay, texas, with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h).









































bullet::::- 08:00 utc (3:00 a.m. cdt) at  – hurricane harvey weakens to a category 2 hurricane about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of rockport, texas.









































bullet::::- 11:00 utc (6:00 a.m. cdt) at  – hurricane harvey weakens to a category 1 hurricane roughly 25 miles (40 km) southwest of victoria, texas.









































bullet::::- 18:00 utc (1:00 p.m. cdt) at – hurricane harvey weakens to a tropical storm approximately 60 miles (95 km) east-southeast of san antonio, texas.









































august 27
timeline of the 2017 atlantic hurricane season