Beryl, once a hurricane and now a tropical storm, is expected to regain hurricane strength before reaching the South Texas coast late Sunday or early Monday, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning.
As of 8 a.m. ET Saturday, Beryl was located about 495 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, and was moving west-northwest at 12 mph, according to the center.
The storm is expected to turn northwest late Saturday afternoon and then north-northwest by Sunday night, with the center of Beryl expected to approach the Texas coast late Sunday into Monday morning, the center said.
A hurricane watch was in effect for the Texas coast from San Luis Pass, southwest of Galveston, Texas, up the Rio Grande River to Barra el Mezquital on the northeast coast of mainland Mexico.
Beryl Live Stream:Webcam observations as storm approaches Texas coast
Beryl Storm Tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the storm’s center. It does not indicate the full width of the storm or its impact, and there is up to a 33% chance that the storm’s center will move outside the cone.
Spaghetti Model of Tropical Storm Beryl
The chart includes a variety of forecasting tools and models, but not all are created equal: the Hurricane Center only uses the top four or five best-performing models to make its forecasts.
Atlantic Storm Tracking
How much rain will Hurricane Beryl bring to Texas?
Beryl is expected to bring 5 to 10 inches of heavy rain to the Gulf Coast and East Texas from Sunday night through midweek, with localized rainfall of up to 15 inches in some places, according to the center, which forecasters say will cause flash flooding and urban flooding.
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