Hurricane Dolly (2008) and warm sea surface temperatures. Dolly strengthened steadily beginning on July 21, and by the afternoon of July 22, it strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. At this point, the storm was located about 165 mi (265 km) east-southeast of Brownsville, Texas. Steady strengthening continued that evening and into the morning of July 23, at which point Dolly reached Category 2 intensity while just east of the Rio Grande Valley at 10:00 that morning with winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 963 mbar. At 1:00 pm CDT
Halo Dolly Halo Dolly Halo Dolly is a retired thoroughbred race horse sired by California sire, Popular, out of an un-raced mare named Spanish Halo. She was foaled in 2008 and was purchased by Jerry Hollendorfer after an impressive maiden win in her third race as a three year old. She was owned by a partnership including Hollendorfer, George Todaro, Dan Hoeflin and Michael O'Farrell. She went on to win $1,016,466 in a career that spanned 40 races with 18 wins. She was a grade 2 and grade 3 winner. She was voted 2012 Champion California-bred Older Female and retired in July