Damaging & Dangerous Storm Surge Risk Rising for Texas Coast
07/0424 12:57pm ET
Good afternoon everyone. We continue to watch Hurricane Beryl head towards the Yucatan of Mexico as it weakens due to interaction with its mountainous surroundings. With little room to “breathe” and tight ocean space, Beryl’s inflow and outflow has been interrupted as forecasted.
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CONUS Satellite 07/04/24Photo byNWS
Winds are now down to 115mph at the time of this article and further weakening is expected, especially & obviously after making landfall near the Quintana Roo region of Mexico. Once it re-enters the waters of the Bay of Campeche, it will do so as a ragged and weakened tropical storm. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that after weakening to a tropical storm, Hurricane Beryl is expected to regain hurricane strength. There’s more to it though, and the stage is set for major flooding for the Texas coast. Regardless of whether Beryl regains its hurricane status or not, areas such as South Padre Island and Corpus Christi will be on the “wrong” side of the storm.