Hurricane Ike Inland From Galveston Bay- Texas

Hurricane Ike struck the Texas Gulf coast just east of Galveston around 2 am Saturday morning. Ike contained sustained eyewall winds of 110 MPH with gusts to 135 MPH..

The western eyewall passed over the middle of Houston- southeast to northeast. Nearly all of Metro Houston/Galveston is without electricity.

There have been "numerous" calls for help to Houston emergency services with many homes and buildings damaged. Fires have broken out in some structures.

Windows were blown out of at least several downtown Houston skyscrapers..

There are initial reports of at least 10 injuries and 3 fatalities.

The following are a series of satellite- radar and actual NWS surface weather observations as Hurricane Ike struck southeastern Texas.
0200 CDT TEXAS OBSERVATIONS
HOUSTON BUSH HVY RAIN 75 73 94 N47G59 N/A FOG
HOUSTON HOBBY LGT RAIN 75 73 94 N56G78 28.69F FOG
ANGLETON N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG 28.78F
PORT ARTHUR RAIN 77 32 19 E60G82 29.09F

0300 CDT TEXAS OBSERVATIONS
HOUSTON BUSH HVY RAIN 76 74 93 N53G66 N/A FOG
HOUSTON HOBBY LGT RAIN N/A N/A N/A MISG 28.50F
ANGLETON N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG 28.78S
PORT ARTHUR HVY RAIN 77 77 100 SE55G85 29.04F FOG



0400 CDT TEXAS OBSERVATIONS
HOUSTON BUSH HVY RAIN 76 74 93 N53G68 28.60 FOG
HOUSTON HOBBY LGT RAIN N/A N/A N/A MISG 28.35F
PORT ARTHUR HVY RAIN 76 76 100 SE62G84 29.02S VSB 1
ANGLETON NOT AVBL


0500 CDT TEXAS OBSERVATIONS
HOUSTON BUSH HVY RAIN 75 N/A N/A N54G74 28.39F VSB 1
HOUSTON HOBBY LGT RAIN N/A N/A N/A MISG 28.44R FOG
PORT ARTHUR CLOUDY 76 76 100 SE60G84 29.04R FOG
ANGLETON NOT AVBL

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