# Talk:1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm

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. --Coredesat 23:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

This PDF file has some good storm history on the storm. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  13:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
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)
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)
No prob. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  15:47, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
Fixed Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:11, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
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)
Unless I'm not looking properly, there's nothing else available. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:11, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
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)

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