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   August 17, 2022 - Tropical Disturbance Over Texas   
      
      Tropical Disturbance Over Texas   
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      On the afternoon of August 11, 2022, the National Hurricane Center   
      (NHC) flagged a disorganized low forming south of Louisiana over the   
      Gulf of Mexico as Invest 98L. At that time, the system was carrying   
      maximum sustained winds of about 25 mph (40.2 km/h) and moving   
      westward. The NHC gave the system only a ten percent chance of   
      developing into a tropical storm as it crossed the Gulf, taking aim at   
      Texas. According to the NHC, the term “Invest” is defined as, "A   
      weather system for which a tropical cyclone forecast center (NHC, CPHC,   
      or JTWC) is interested in collecting specialized data sets (e.g.,   
      microwave imagery) and/or running model guidance…The designation of a   
      system as an invest does not correspond to any particular likelihood of   
      development of the system into a tropical cyclone".   
      
      By the afternoon of August 13, the leading edge of Invest 98L was   
      already bringing rain and high surf to the southern Texas coast. The   
      system began to gain strength, with maximum sustained winds reached 30   
      mph (48.3 km/h), but it still lacked the organization or wind speed to   
      become a named storm.   
      
      On August 14, the center of 98L made landfall south of Corpus Christi   
      bringing soaking rains but relatively mild winds to drought-stricken   
      southern Texas from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande Valley. According   
      to local media, torrential rain struck some locations, bringing up to   
      12 inches (2.5 cm) of precipitation in a few hours. Rainfall totals   
      were highest in Encino, where 16.1 inches (40.9 cm) were reported to   
      have fallen in 24 hours. Much of Texas has suffering long-standing   
      drought, with 68.21 percent of the state in either Exceptional (D-4)   
      drought or Extreme (D3) drought. The heavy rains have likely helped   
      relieve the drought in the southeastern corner of that state.   
      
      On August 14, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)   
      on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the   
      rain-making Invest 98L over southeastern Texas. At first glance, it   
      looks much like a weak tropical storm, but lacks a distinct eye and   
      only weak convective banding can be seen. The system dissipated after   
      bringing much-needed rainfall and minor flooding to the region.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 8/14/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (316.4 KB),  500m (1 MB),  250m (3.1 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-17   
       
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