For about two days the storm stalled just inland, dropping very heavy rainfall and causing widespread flash flooding. Harvey then rapidly weakened as its forward speed slowed dramatically to a crawl, and Harvey weakened to a tropical storm on August 26. Weakening began as the eye of Harvey moved further inland, and Harvey made a subsequent landfall on the northeastern shore of Copano Bay at 06:00 UTC with slightly lower winds of 125 mph (201 km/h). Around 03:00 UTC on August 26, the hurricane made landfall at peak intensity on San Jose Island, just east of Rockport, with winds of 130 mph (210 km/h) and an atmospheric pressure of 937 mbar (27.7 inHg), becoming the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. After becoming a hurricane on August 24, Harvey continued to quickly strengthen over the next day, ultimately reaching peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane. Harvey then began to rapidly intensify as it moved northwestward toward the Texas Gulf Coast. At 12:00 UTC on August 26, it redeveloped into a tropical depression, before restrengthening into a tropical storm six hours later. The wave continued generally westward through Caribbean Sea before turning northwestward and beginning to reorganize as it moved over the Yucatan Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico. It passed through the Lesser Antilles into Eastern Caribbean, where wind shear weakened the system, causing it to degenerated back into a tropical wave late on August 19. Background Įxtratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depressionĪ tropical wave developed into a tropical storm on August 17, receiving the name Harvey. Overall, Harvey contributed to 68 direct deaths and 35 indirect deaths–a total of 103–and caused at least $51.177 billion in damage in Texas alone. The highest gust from Harvey was recorded at 140 mph (230 km/h) in Rockport, Texas, where every single building was damaged by the storm. Over four days, Harvey dropped large amounts of rainfall, peaking at 60.58 inches (1,539 mm) in Nederland, Texas, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. The large and powerful hurricane dropped heavy rainfall over parts of southern and southeastern Texas. Harvey eventually moved back into the Gulf on August 28, and a day later, Harvey made a fifth and final landfall west of Cameron, Louisiana. After that, Harvey rapidly weakened and stalled for multiple days over Texas, dropping torrential rainfall. A couple of hours Harvey made another landfall in Holiday Beach as a slightly weaker high-end Category 3 storm. Early on August 26, Harvey made landfall in San José Island, Texas at peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph and a pressure of 937 mb. Six days later, after degenerating back into a tropical wave and moving through the Caribbean Sea, Harvey reformed and rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Harvey formed on August 17, 2017 in the open Atlantic. Hurricane Harvey caused major flooding in southern Texas for four days in August 2017.

Part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Harvey at peak intensity, shortly before making landfall in Rockport, Texas

Texas hurricane aftermath