The National Weather Service reports that a low pressure area in the central Gulf of Mexico has strengthened into a tropical depression.
TD9, currently packing winds of 35 mph, is expected to become Tropical Storm Harold with sustained winds of 39 mph. It is expected to make landfall near Baffin Bay, south of the South Texas coast, on Tuesday morning.
As of Monday afternoon, the storm was located about 400 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi and had sustained winds of about 35 mph.
All rain associated with the storm is expected to be well over the Dallas-Fort Worth area and south central Texas and will mainly affect the Rio Grande Valley.
Forecasters with the NWS said, “Rain bands and tropical storm-force winds are expected to reach the central Texas coast this evening and the central Texas coast overnight tonight. Moderate coastal flooding is expected in the mid-section on Tuesday. There is a high risk of coastal and rip currents on the Texas coast. Early Tuesday morning.” “Isolated tornadoes are possible as rain winds move across South Texas through the afternoon.”
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Aransas Islands, Bee, Calhoun Islands, Coastal Aransas, Coastal Calhoun, Coastal Kleberg, Coastal Nueces, Coastal Refugio, Coastal San Patricio, Inland Calhoun, Inland Kleberg, Inland Nueces, Inland Refugio, Inland San Patricio. , Jim Wells, Kleberg Islands, Live Oak and Nueces Islands.
The storm is also expected to hit parts of northern Coahuila and northern Nuevo León, Mexico.
Those in the storm’s path are being warned to prepare for emergencies including power outages, heavy rains, dangerous flooding, wind damage and the possibility of tornadoes.
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