Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Cameron, Willacy counties
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated throughout.
Tropical Storm Beryl has been located 135 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi.
Beryl is still forecasted to become a hurricane Sunday night before making landfall along the middle to upper Texas coast early Monday.
Maximum winds remain at 65 mph as of 4 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical storm warnings continue in the Rio Grande Valley along the coast, and more rain bands from Beryl are a good possibility.
"We are now feeling some of the minor impacts of the storm at our coast," Smith said. "I still say we haven't dodged the bullet, we're being grazed by it."
Smith said some of the expected impacts include:
- Brief gusts to tropical storm force from the north at the coast, mainly within any rain band that moves over the area. Inland, while the wind will be from the north much of the day, no significant gusts are expected.
- Brief heavy rainfall may occur with rainbands along and near the coast in Cameron and Willacy counties with totals up to an inch. Inland counties, Hidalgo and Starr, rainfall will be quite limited. Most totals will remain well under one inch.
- Tides are currently running about a foot above normal predicted levels. In some places, water may reach the dunes. Later today, the wind will come from the northwest, pushing the surf back out and creating higher water on the bayside of SPI. The Rip Tide Risk will be high Sunday and Monday.
- While the chance for an isolated tornado is not zero, it's quite small. The First Warn 5 Weather team will be watching those rainbands moving across the coast for any sign of rotation.
"It's a close call for us, but that minor shift toward the east Friday/Saturday is keeping Beryl far enough offshore to significantly limit its impact on the RGV. Yes, we need the rain, but it's not going to come from this storm," Smith said.
This hurricane season is expected to be a very busy one in the Atlantic basin.
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