Position: 40.5 N 73.4 W. [10 PM CDT]
Movement: Northeast [050°] near 30 mph.
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph.
Wind Gusts: 70 mph.
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 200 miles.
Minimum central pressure: 992 mb.
It is 90 miles West-Southwest of the eastern tip of Long Island.
Hanna came ashore at about 2:20 AM CDT near the South/North Carolina border.
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we had Hannah last night
it was nasty — very
not like you guys in Florida
but for NY it was a tough rain storm
Don’t think tropical storms are considered a piece of cake on the Gulf Coast. Steve Bates over in Houston won’t ever forget Tropical Storm Allison, and Tropical Storm Alberto was the highest water I’ve ever seen in the bayou.
Fortunately, Hanna was moving at a very fast clip, because if it had stalled an island would not be a good location.
The wind from these things can push water into a river channel and effectively dam the river while dumping rain. The wind may not be bad, but the water kills more people than the wind, and all of them can generate tornadoes. We may not all leave for tropical storms, but we watch them closely.