Talk:1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm/GA1

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Reviewer: ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Someone's helping a GT run, eh?

"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.
- Hopefully what I did works... Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:25, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What's the status on the missing person?
- Missing....honestly, that's all I could find on it. I searched for a good hour and got nothing. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - No prob. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 15:47, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"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.
- Separate low, removed from the text Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:19, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"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.
- Removed the bit about the latter part of the track. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:19, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"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.
- I was unsure of formatting it in the way I did. I'll split it into two sentences later today. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:11, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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]
  - Unless I'm not looking properly, there's nothing else available. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:11, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All in all a good read. Just a few minor prose thingies and some minor comprehensiveness concerns. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 13:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! I believe I have gotten to everything. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:25, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]