Hurricane Claudette

Pre-Landfall 2 | Summary
Posting Date: July 14, 2003, 10:00:00 AM

Tropical Storm Claudette, the third named storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to make landfall along the Texas coastline in the next 36 to 48 hours, late Tuesday or early Wednesday, July 15-16, 2003. As of 2 p.m. EDT, on July 14, Claudette was positioned about 275 miles (447 km) east of Corpus Christi Texas, and moving toward the north-northwest at about 6 mph (9 kph). Current maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph (100 kph) with higher gusts and minimum central pressure is estimated at 989 mb. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm could strengthen in the next 24 hours and become a hurricane later today or tonight. A hurricane warning remains in effect for the Texas coast from Baffin Bay to San Louis Pass. Using the most recent information about the meteorological parameters of this storm, the AIR tropical cyclone modeling team has run more than 200 scenarios representing a variety of assumptions about the storm's future track and intensity. Losses may be on the higher side of the estimated range in the event that the storm track approaches Galveston. It is important to note that there is still considerable uncertainty surrounding the actual parameters of this storm. CATRADER(r) and CLASIC/2(tm) clients can now view wind speed and loss maps on the Scenarios page of this web site. In addition, event sets representing the full range of simulated scenarios are available for download. AIR will continue to monitor this storm and will post additional information as the storm approaches landfall.

Pre-Landfall 2 | Downloads
Posting Date: July 14, 2003, 10:00:00 AM