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Latest on Harvey: Rainfall Totals Mounting

September 10, 2019 at 12:16 PM EDT
Compiled By WeatherBug Meteorologists
Streamer image showing the eye of hurricane making landfall around 10 p.m. CDT.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday evening as a major Category 4 hurricane and is now spinning across southeastern Texas, producing intense wind gusts and catastrophic flooding. Here is the latest on Harvey:
 
Rain
  • Austwell, Texas: 14.46 inches
  • San Antontio River near McFad, Texas: 13.82 inches
  • Aransas, Texas: 10.54 inches
  • Victoria, Texas: 9.37 inches
  • Edna, Texas: 8.24 inches
  • Brazoria, Texas: 7.86 inches
  • Houston Southwest Airport: 5.39 inches
 
Wind Gusts
  • Port Aransas, Texas: 132 mph
  • Copano Village, Texas: 125 mph
  • Lamar, Texas: 110 mph
  • Rockport, Texas: 108 mph
  • Corpus Christi, Texas: 65 mph
 
Storm Surge
  • Port Lavaca, Texas: 6.2 feet
  • Seadrift, Texas: 5.7 feet
 
News (all times in CDT)
  • 11:45 a.m.: As of mid-morning, about 200,000 customers are without power in southeast Texas. Most of the outages are in Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • 10 a.m.: Hurricane Warnings have been discontinued and replcaed with Tropical Storm Warnings.
  • 8:58 a.m.: U.S. Coast Guard releases statement saying the Coast Guard is responding to vessels in distress near the Lydia Ann Channel near Port Aransas, Texas.
  • 8:24 a.m.: 137 flights canceled and 75 flights delayed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
  • 8:12 a.m.: No deaths have been confirmed from Harvey yet. Several people were treated following a senior housing complex roof collapse in Rockport, Texas.
  • 7 a.m.: Ground stop has been initiated at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
  • 6:50 a.m.: More than 62,000 people reported without power in greater Houston.
  • 5:05 a.m.: More than 200,000 people reported without power within the AEP south Texas service area.
  • 5 a.m.: Harvey downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane.
  • 1:45 a.m.: Tornado Watch in effect for Houston, College Station, Galveston and Victoria until 1 p.m. CDT. 
  • 12:23 a.m.: 155,000 people without power within the AEP south Texas service area, including Corpus Christi. 
  • 12:07 a.m. CDT: Rockport, Texas has seen calm conditions with the Eye of Harvey for more than an hour. Back side of Hurricane arriving soon.