Talk:List of the wettest tropical cyclones in the United States

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Once the gulf coast web page is finished being updated, the stats will be checked within this page one last time and the article will be submitted for consideration as a featured list. Thegreatdr (talk) 03:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Disclaimer?
I think a disclaimer is needed, to signify that in some of these cases, the "remnants" were actually a merged system involving another front or non-tropical low and the tropical system itself. For example, Hurricane Rita did not make it past northern Arkansas before being absorbed by an extratropical low to the north, yet many sources say it was Rita that tracked all the way across the Midwest and Northeast. (Of course, many others on here were waves, remnant lows or extratropical at the time but were independent systems and are considered part of the lifetime of the storms on Wikipedia articles.) CrazyC83 (talk) 04:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I have the interior states listed as "remnants" instead of "tropical cyclones." I checked again, and Rita makes none of the state top 10 lists.  Do you think I should have a generic header mentioning "tropical cyclones and their remnants" for all states?  Thegreatdr (talk) 05:35, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right about Rita (I was just using it as an example), and I agree with the generic header since some storms dissipate quickly after landfall (or even before landfall) yet continue to produce heavy rain. CrazyC83 (talk) 18:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It is done. Thegreatdr (talk) 13:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

FLRC
I was thinking of nominating this for Featured List Removal Candidacies fairly soon, as the three-sentence lead is clearly not enough for this large article. Skimming through it, I also see that there are plenty of missing cells that ought to be marked with either a mdash or be filled in. NuclearWarfare  ( Talk ) 03:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Expanded the lead further. Considering the content of the article, do you think the lead needs further expansion, or no?  I have no experience with mdashing.  Thegreatdr (talk) 17:52, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

XKCD chart
See also http://xkcd.com/1407/ (or http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/worst_hurricane.png ). Caption: "What's the worst hurricane anyone in your town remembers? Estimated from HURDAT database and NCEP rainfall totals 1914-2014." Map covers Atlantic Coastal States and Gulf of Mexico coastal states, along with some inland states and some US-border areas of Canada and Mexico. While the author of XKCD is known for being a stickler for details, I wouldn't depend on this chart to be 100% accurate or 100% precise. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  16:47, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Hiki?
So there's a minor edit war going on right now about the storm that struck Hawaii in August 1950. While it was originally named Able, it is now very commonly known as Hiki.


 * - it's how it's listed in HURDAT
 * - it's how it's listed in the WPC rainfall page
 * - in their page for previous storms in the CPAC, the CPHC lists it as Hiki
 * - only once in their summary does CPAC call it Able

Given that it's widely, and now officially known as Hiki, I think we should keep just the singular name. This is especially due to there being an Able in the Atlantic in 1950 that some weather historians might know, so it is our job not to confuse them. This is only a page documenting the wettest storms. We don't have to be too big of a stickler for names. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:58, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I strongly disgaree that just because it "maybe" commonly known as Hiki, that we shouldnt acknowledge that it was called Able just for the shear convience of it. After all there were at least 6 Hurricane Able's between 1947 and 1952, as a result i think we are doing Weather historians a service by not forgetting about the name. Also i notice how all of Hink's sources are NOAA based.Jason Rees (talk) 17:10, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

While I don't doubt that Harvey was wetter than Hiki (not that I was around for Hiki, but I have seen footage from the flooding from Harvey), as Hawaii is concerned, Lane (2018) was wetter than Hiki and the text ought to be changed to reflect that. Currently looking at Darby (I'm in Hilo) I hope it isn't as wet as 1c (1994) or Paul (2000), let alone Lane (2018) - Maren Purves, currently not signed in (and hoping this still works)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.91.189.33 (talk) 10:22, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Isn't the first sentance a tautology?
One would hope that "Many of the wettest tropical cyclones in the United States have moved into the contiguous United States from the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific Ocean" since the only other places they could have moved into the contiguous US from would be Canada and Mexico. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.71.30.14 (talk) 20:53, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

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Harvey surpassing Hiki
i want to see a valid source that says Harvey surpassed Hiki
 * I'd like the see the correct amount listed for Harvey, which has been available for nearly two months (since September 27). You know what they say, be bold.  Thegreatdr (talk) 23:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

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Wettest system by year
Can we get a section showing the wettest tropical system by year? It would be interesting to see the wettest for every hurricane season. Alex of Canada (talk) 19:33, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Indiana Ike
The File:TCstaterainfall.gif map from NOAA shows Ike as #1 in Indiana with 9.30 inches, but the table in the article does not even include it. The page referenced by the table includes it. Anyone know why it is missing from the table? — RockMFR 19:26, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Name move?
Should it be moved to List of the wettest tropical cyclones in the United States? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 23:46, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Tropical cyclone naming conventions
I'm thinking the names of tropical cyclones in the tables should be changed from "   " to "  ( )" (e.g. Matthew 2016 to Matthew (2016)). This is because this is standard form for tropical cyclone names elsewhere in the project space (including this list's own pictures), and should probably be used in the tables as well. Cognaso (talk) 00:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree. Why hasn't that been done yet? 🎩Incognito Fedora🎩 (talk) 15:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)