ZCZC MIATCUAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017 200 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...2 PM CDT POSITION AND INTENSITY UPDATE... ...HARVEY STRENGTHENS INTO A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE... Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher gusts. Harvey is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The latest minimum central pressure reported by the aircraft is 943 mb (27.85 inches). A wind gust to 57 mph (91 km/h) was recently observed at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi. A coastal observing site near Port Aransas has measured a sustained wind of 49 mph (80 km/h) with a gust to 60 mph (96 km/h). A sustained wind of 59 mph (95 km/h) and a wind gust to 69 mph (111 km/h) were recently reported by NOAA buoy 42020, located about 40 miles off the coast of Texas. NOAA tide gauges near Corpus Christi and Port Aransas indicate storm surge inundation of 1 to 2 ft is already occurring. SUMMARY OF 200 PM CDT...1900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...27.2N 96.4W ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM ESE OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM S OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...943 MB...27.85 INCHES $$ Forecaster Brown NNNN