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There's plenty of info here, and it's a start. However, the whole article needs to be looked at again for clarity purposes (for example, "the storm was not given tropical storm watches due to landfall was to come within 24 hours" doesn't make any sense). I'd recommend having someone (preferably a fellow editor) take a look at this and make fixes to it. Once that's done, it's fine for B-class. --Coredesat23:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Originating from a tropical wave that traversed the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea in late July through early August, the system was first classified as a tropical depression over the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Texas, on August 9." - this is a bit lengthy. At the very least, there are too many commas, so try either rewording or splitting.
"Tracking westward along the southern edge of the Saharan Air Layer, little convective development took place over the following several days" - I love the mention of the SAL, but there isn't really any context here. Could you explain that a bit?
A lot of dry air prevented initial development. Added that it's a feature associated with dry air. If it needs further clarification, a suggestion for how it should be worded would be most appreciated. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:19, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"resulting in the formation of a low-level circulation on August 9. However, a new low formed shortly thereafter to the north of the previous one and exhibited tropical characteristics." - I'm sort of confused as to what actually happened. So there were two LLC's that developed? I think the mention of the first one isn't needed, since that was part of the wave but not the storm.
"Over the following two days, the system tracked in a general north-northwest direction before taking a gradual turn towards the east and later southeast." - I think that part is highly misleading. You mention that before the storm formed, but that track is what the storm took over land.
"With operational forecasters noting the possibility of intensification, the first-ever tropical storm warning – prior to 1987, gale warnings were issued in areas where winds above 39 mph (63 km/h) were anticipated[1] – was issued along the northern Gulf Coast between Matagorda, Texas and Morgan City, Louisiana on August 9." - I love the content there, but I think it's poorly organized. Try splitting it up for better presentation.
So how did the damage occur? I know you said flooding, but how many houses were damaged? Any power outages?
Info is very scarce and I couldn't find exact numbers on homes, just # of people evacuated. Nothing on power outages either but I'll take another shot at that specifying the outages. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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