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Tropical Storm — Chambers, TX

Aug 25, 2017

Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane near Rockport, Texas during the evening of August 25th. The storm then weakened to a tropical storm and slowed, looping back and tracking over SE Texas then back over the Gulf of Mexico making a second landfall along the Louisiana coast during the early morning hours of August 30th. Over that 5 day period over Southeast Texas TS Harvey produced catastrophic flooding with a large area of 30 to 60 inches of rain, 23 tornadoes, tropical storm force wi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 723659). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Chambers, TX

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