Texas Counties Get Mandatory Evacuation Orders

July 7, 2024 News, Weather

The Weather Channel reports:

H​urricane warnings have been extended along parts of the Texas coast ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl. Flooding rainfall, storm surge inundation, high winds and tornadoes are all threats. Beryl is centered in the western Gulf of Mexico and is moving toward the northwest.

Beryl is beginning to reorganize and is predicted to intensify en route to the Texas coast for its final landfall on Monday. Landfall of Beryl as a hurricane is predicted to occur somewhere from near the Houston and Galveston areas southward to Corpus Christi Monday morning.

The Texas Tribune reports:

Beryl is likely to make landfall on the state’s coast as a Category 1 or 2 storm Monday morning, state emergency officials said. Dangerous winds will be felt along the mid- and lower Texas coast as early as Sunday night.

Weather service officials are warning of potential storm surge or tropical storm conditions in coastal areas ranging from the mouth of the Rio Grande all the way to Louisiana.

Saturday, mandatory evacuation orders were issued in Refugio and Nueces counties. The National Weather Service projects that areas from Corpus Christi, through Victoria and Houston, and over to Beaumont will face risk of tornadoes.

CNN reports:



Tropical storm conditions will begin to be felt along the western Gulf Coast on Sunday, with hurricane conditions expected later in the day. Storm surge up to 6 feet is forecast for parts of the Texas coast late Sunday night into Monday as rising waters push inland from the shoreline. Rip currents will also cause life-threatening beach conditions through Monday across much of the Gulf Coast.

Flooding and damaging winds expected: Heavy rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, with localized amounts of 15 inches, is forecast across the Texas Gulf Coast and East Texas late Sunday through the middle of next week, the National Hurricane Center said. It’s expected to produce flash and urban flooding. Hurricane-force winds will hit the lower and middle Texas coast Sunday night and Monday.

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