Hurricane Beryl Makes Texas Landfall As Category 1

July 8, 2024 News, Weather

USA Today reports:

Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 storm early Monday, forcing the closure of major oil ports, flight cancellations, and a warning it would be a deadly storm for communities hit.

By the time it made landfall near Matagorda around 4:30 a.m., winds had increased to 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Minutes after landfall, the National Weather Service in Houston issued a tornado warning for several locations. It was the hurricane’s third landfall in eight days.

Acting Texas Governor Dan Patrick said Beryl “will be a deadly storm for people who are directly in that path,” and issued a disaster declaration for 120 counties.

CNN reports:

A National Ocean Service Station near Freeport, Texas, recently reported a wind gust of 87 mph, and a WeatherFlow station at Surfside Beach, Texas, recently reported a gust of 85 mph.

Heavy rainfall, storm surge, tornadoes, and gusty wind will continue across much of eastern Texas as Beryl moves inland. A total of 5-10 inches is expected, with isolated totals potentially reaching 15 inches.

The storm will quickly weaken to a tropical storm before moving inland across eastern Texas. Beryl is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression around the time it moves into Arkansas Tuesday morning.

CBS News reports:



As of 5:30 a.m. EDT, some 132,000 Texas homes and businesses had no electricity, according to PowerOutage.us. As the storm neared the coast, Texas officials said they were worried that not enough residents and beach vacationers in Beryl’s path had heeded warnings to leave.

The Houston Independent School District announced it was closing all campuses and buildings on Monday and Tuesday due to the storm. A storm surge warning was in effect for the Texas coast north of Port Bolivar to Sabine Pass. Texas coastal areas could see storm surges of 4-7 feet, the hurricane center forecast.

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