PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY
ISSUED BY THE JAMAICA BEACH WEATHER OBSERVATORY
6:00 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 1998
 

The following report summarizes conditions experienced at
the Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory during Tropical Storm
Charley which made landfall on August 22, 1998 near Rockport,
Texas:
 

A. MAXIMUM WINDS

Maximum 2-minute average....... 24 knots (28 mph) from the E
Date & time.................... 4:28 AM CDT - Aug 22, 1998

Peak gust...................... 33 knots (38 mph) from the E
Date & time.................... 4:28 AM CDT - Aug 22, 1998

B. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

Lowest sea level pressure...... 1012.6 mb (29.902 inches)
Date & time.................... 4:30 AM CDT - Aug 22, 1998

C. RAINFALL

August 20, 1998................ Trace
August 21, 1998................ 0.69 inches
August 22, 1998................ 2.03 inches
August 23, 1998................ 0.64 inches

Storm total rainfall........... 3.36 inches

D. STORM TIDES

Maximum tide................... 3.8 feet above MLLW
Date & time.................... 9:00 AM CDT - Aug 22, 1998

E. BEACH EROSION

Only minor beach erosion was noted.

F. FLOODING

Tidal flooding was limited to overtopping of piers, bulkheads
and some residential yards.  No street flooding was observed.

G. TORNADOES

None.

H. STORM EFFECTS

Charley had only minimal effects on Galveston Island with high
tides probably being the most notable.

O'DONNEL

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