Tropical Cyclone Arnab brought wind and rain to eastern India on Tuesday.  At 5:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday the center of Tropical Cyclone Arnab was located at latitude 16.2°N and longitude 83.4°E which put the center about 135 miles (215 km) east of Machilipatnam, India.  Arnab was moving toward the west-northwest at 11 m.p.h. (17 km/h).  The maximum sustained wind speed was 130 m.p.h. (210 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 160 m.p.h. (260 km/h).  The minimum surface pressure was 947 mb.

Tropical Cyclone Arnab made landfall on the coast of Andhra Pradesh just to the east of Machilipatnam on Tuesday.  Arnab rapidly intensified to the equivalent of a major hurricane before it made landfall in eastern India.

Tropical Cyclone Arnab was the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale at the time of landfall.  Winds to hurricane/typhoon force extended out 35 miles (55 km) from the center of Arnab’s circulation.  Winds to tropical storm force extended out 115 miles (185 km) from the center of Tropical Cyclone Arnab.

The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Tropical Cyclone Arnab was 25.1.  The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) was 10.0 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) was 35.1.  Tropical Cyclone Arnab was similar in size and intensity to Hurricane Harvey when Harvey hit Texas in 2017.

Tropical Cyclone Arnab will move around the western end of a high pressure system that is over over the Bay of Bengal.  The high pressure system will steer Arnab toward the north during the next 24 hours.  On its anticipated track, Tropical Cyclone Arnab will move inland over northern Andhra Pradesh.

Tropical Cyclone Arnab will be capable of causing sever damage as it moves inland over northern Andhra Pradesh.  Heavy rain is likely to cause flash flooding in some locations. Widespread electricity outages are likely.  Tropical Cyclone Arnab could cause a storm surge of up to 13 feet (4 meters) along parts of the coast of Andhra Pradesh.