 By the early on September 21 Harvey accelerated slightly and turned southeastward . Although the center of the storm was poorly defined at the time and located to the northwest of the main area of thunderstorm activity , convection was strong in nature . Later that day the storm curved towards the east while approaching Florida . At around 1700 UTC on September 21 Harvey made landfall near Everglades City , Florida with sustained winds of 60 mph ( 95 km / h ) . The storm further accelerated across the Florida Peninsula and quickly merged with a developing storm off the coast of South Carolina at 0600 UTC on September 22 . Although the remnants of Harvey became unidentifiable later that day , Environment Canada reported that the system crossed Newfoundland before dissipating on September 24 . 
