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A large swath of heavy rain fell across most of southern Minnesota during Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, with the highest totals in the far southeast counties of the state. Twenty-four-hour rainfall totals of 15.10 inches (384 mm) were recorded in Hokah , which easily broke the old state record of 10.84 inches (275 mm) .
A day later Royal Dutch Shell evacuated 275 ancillary staff, following an evacuation of 188 due to Tropical Storm Erin. [83] On August 18, 2007, 10,300 barrels (1,640 m 3) of oil and 11 million cubic feet (310,000 m³) of natural gas were shut-in per day, accounting for 0.8% of crude production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Cuba's National Civil Defense declares a state of alert for the following provinces: Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguín, Las Tunas and Camagüey. NASA shortens a spacewalk during the current Space Shuttle Endeavour mission so that the crew can prepare for a Tuesday landing to avoid Hurricane Dean.
Philip J. Klotzbach, William M. Gray, and their associates at Colorado State University issue forecasts of hurricane activity each year, separately from NOAA.Klotzbach's team, formerly led by Gray, determined the average number of storms per season between 1950 and 2000 to be 9.6 tropical storms, 5.9 hurricanes, and 2.3 major hurricanes (storms exceeding Category 3 on the Saffir–Simpson ...
The meteorological history of Hurricane Dean began in the second week of August 2007 when a vigorous tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa into the North Atlantic ocean. Although the wave initially experienced strong easterly wind shear , it quickly moved into an environment better suited for tropical development and gained organization.
The season officially started on May 15, 2007, in the eastern Pacific, designated as the area east of 140°W, and on June 1, 2007, in the central Pacific, which is between the International Date Line and 140°W, and lasted until November 30, 2007. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the ...
The large storm — which has tropical-storm-force winds extending 290 miles northeast from the center — could be a rainmaker, bringing 5-10 inches of rain and up to 15 inches to some locations ...
List of confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, August 18, 2007 [note 1] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width Summary EF0 NW of Idaho Springs: Clear Creek: CO: 20:10–20:15 0.1 mi (0.16 km)