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Tropical Storm Harvey Situation Update - August 30, 2017
According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Harvey will soon weaken to a Tropical Depression. The continued slow weakening is anticipated until the cyclone dissipates completely between 72-96 h. It should be noted that the forecast weakening will not eliminate the risk of continued heavy rainfall and flooding along Harvey's path, although the system's faster motion will keep subsequent rainfall totals well below what occurred over southeastern Texas.
Key Messages:
1. Ongoing catastrophic and life-threatening flooding will continue across southeastern Texas. While the threat of heavy rains has ended in the Houston/Galveston area, catastrophic and life-threatening flooding will continue in and around Houston, Beaumont/Port Arthur, eastward into southwest Louisiana for the rest
of the week.
2. The flood threat has spread farther north and east, and additional rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with isolated amounts up to 10 inches are expected from southwestern Louisiana and the adjacent border of eastern Texas northeastward into western Kentucky through Friday.
Water is slowly receding in most of the Houston region, though areas around Buffalo Bayou (which flows through Houston) could stay flooded for weeks.
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