Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to make landfall in Texas as a hurricane Monday morning and is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm, which was a Category 4 hurricane when he devastates parts of the Caribbean island nations of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines weakened to Category 2 when they made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday. It weakened to a tropical storm as it moved across the peninsula.
Beryl is expected to redevelop into a hurricane on Sunday and will continue to intensify overnight before making landfall in Texas, the hurricane center said. The storm is forecast to bring “life-threatening” storm surges of up to 6 feet and “damaging hurricane-force winds” to an area along the coast from Padre Island National Seashore to Sabine Pass.
Flash flooding is also possible along portions of the Central and North Texas Coast, inland to East Texas through Monday night.
“Rip currents will cause life-threatening beach conditions through Monday across much of the Gulf Coast,” the hurricane center said in an update Sunday. “Bathers should pay attention to warning flags and advice from lifeguards and local authorities before venturing into the water.”
Tropical storm-force winds are expected to reach the Texas coast for the first time as early as Sunday night. Rainfall of up to 15 inches is possible along parts of the middle and upper Texas coast and East Texas Sunday through Monday night, which could cause flash flooding.
A combination of storm surge and tide could cause dangerous flooding in normally dry areas near the coast, the center said. Matagorda Bay and the Mesquite Bay area to San Luis Pass could see 4 to 6 feet of storm surge, while Galveston Bay could see 3 to 5 feet.
“The deepest water will occur along the coast near and to the right of center, where the surge will be accompanied by large, destructive waves,” the hurricane center said. “Wave-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the wave and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances.”
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were filling sandbags in south Texas for residents on Friday in preparation for Beryl. A TikToker shared images of homes with boarded-up windows in South Texas.
Beryl is currently 190 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and stronger gusts. It is moving northwest at about 10 mph and is expected to turn north Sunday afternoon, according to the hurricane center.
“Beryl is forecast to turn northeast and move further inland over eastern Texas and Arkansas on Monday and Tuesday,” the center said.
A hurricane watch is in effect for the Texas coast from San Luis Pass to Baffin Bay, and a hurricane watch is in effect from Galveston Island to the pass.
A storm surge warning has been issued for the coast from Padre Island National Seashore to Sabine Pass, including Corpus Christi Bay, Matagorda Bay and Galveston Bay.
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