hurricane bigger than texas?

Question

is it possible for there to be a hurricane that big? if so, would it be able to come inward, like towards the other states as opposed to just the states on the coast? (i live in california)

Answer 1

Yes! Listen Dave, do not listen or read what other people tell you about denying that a hurricane can be larger then Texas, because that IS possible! Meteorologists say Hurricane Dean is more massive, in size, then the state of Texas right now. If you want to see a massive tropical cyclone, then click on the link below. It is all about Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record!!!

-Just scroll down the page to see Typhoon Tip's size compared to the whole United States!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip

Answer 2

Hurricanes look big because the radar shows the total circulation. However, the area of hurricane-force winds is typically less than 100 miles in diameter. As for Atlantic or Gulf hurricanes hitting California, it is not likely, since the prevailing direction is from west to east, and as the hurricane weakens over land, it gets caught up in this flow. There are enough Pacific Ocean storms that form off the Baja California coast to keep you busy.

Answer 3

Yes, as of this evening Hurricane dean was larger than the state of Texas. Once a hurricane meets land it stalls and usually wears it self out unless it is a small island. With an Island like Jamaica, it will slow slightly but when it hits the water again it will gain momentum again. A hurricane isn't going to come to CA from the Gulf of Mexico. If you ever had a hurricane it would be from the Pacific Ocean, you guys have Earthquakes.

Answer 4

Yes it is possible for it to be as big as Texas, though not often. It is also possible for a hurricane to come inland and hit other states. This happens quite a bit on the east coast. Many hurricanes will hit Florida and travel up to Pennsylvania. Though, by the time they hit any inland state they have been downgraded to to a tropical storm, tropical depression or just lots and lots of rain. This of course, brings lots of flooding and power outages. This would probably be the case if one hit a Gulf Coast state and traveled to CA.

Answer 5

Hurricane Isabel in 2003 was huge. Yes, it is possible for a hurricane to be larger than Texas. However, hits on California are very rare because of the way the ocean currents and trade winds affect the storms.

Answer 6

a hurricane might look that big but the outer rings of clouds are usually not damaging at all. The damaging winds and rains only extend about half-way out of the center (thats a rough average, it realy depends on the size, a small hurricane can be damaging all over but the larger it gets, the less effects the outer clouds have). If it starts in the gulf it will never get to california, the mojabi dessert would kill it. (i know i spelled that wrong) But, if it starts in the pacific and gets really large b4 heading for you then it could hit you, but it would be really weak by then.

Answer 7

Hurricane Dean is currently bigger than the size of Texas and is hitting Jamaica. This particular storm is not going to maintain its power to go beyond the gulf coast in Texas and it may just bring wind and rain to the coast. I definitely do not feel you should be worried in California about Hurricane Dean.

Answer 8

The outer bands of the present hurricane reach out to be larger than Texas. No It won't go that far across land without raining itself out. A Hurricand can only exhist over Warm Water, once it gets over land It dies out to a big rainstorm....########

Answer 9

They get large, but not that large.

While it may be possible in coming years, the average size of a large hurricane is larger than many New England states but it's not the size of Texas.

Answer 10

Hurricanes move inland but I think you're ok in California. I don't know if it can be the size of Texas but I doubt it.