Posted on 06/29/2010 7:48:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Alex is taking aim at the Texas/Mexico border in the Western Gulf of Mexico. The official NHC forecast calls for Alex to make landfall just south of Texas on Wednesday night. Tropical storm force winds extend 140 miles from the center of the system. Alex is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches over portions of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas...with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches.
NHC Public Advisories
NHC Discussion
Buoy Data: Western Gulf of Mexico
Local Weather:
NWS Local Weather Statements Brownsville TX & Corpus Christi TX
Brownsville Radar Loop
Corpus Christi Radar Loop
Local News:
Island Breeze News, So. Padre Island
Brownsville Herald
KRGV Channel 5 News Rio Grande Valley
KVEO Channel 23 Rio Grande Valley News
KIII TV Corpus Christi
Additional Resources:
Ibiseye Detailed tracking maps include city names
StormPulse Interactive tracking capabilities
Hurricane City
Crown Weather
bttt
That’s why they named hurricanes after women until the limp-wristed crowd got jealous. ;)
I was never insulted when they were named after women. I thought it was kind of cool.
Northbound today, almost to the top of the TS zone.
Two convoys of Guard heading south and one power company.
Breezy this far north, minimal showers.
Glad you’re outta there :)
TWCBreaking
Brownsville NWS getting visual confirmations of tornadoes from both Port Isabel and San Pedro areas. #HurricaneAlex
Yes, sorry I did misunderstand. We had a house on Galveston Bay and Allison did a number on our property. We were at our bay house preparing it for Allison. As it got close and we witnessed a tornado that hit the corner of our house and took all the furniture off our deck. We were right on the bay and the storm took 18” of soil out of our yard behind the bulkhead. The yard, fence and boat dock were not covered by insurance.
We need to get our state flags back on our home page so we will know where people live.
It would be nice to have those flags back.
I assume their removal might have to do with the technical difficulties FR has been experiencing lately? However, even without the flag, you can hover your mouse over the red X and blank box, and the name of the state will pop up.
As far as weather is concerned, if you’re still in the Houston area, looks like Alex may make things rough for you even if it goes ashore much farther south. That is a huge storm. Batten down your hatches!
Will be going south sooner or later, probably in the midst of it. LOL
Here's a video link to Pirate's Landing Restaurant live cam - Port Isabel. Looks like it's getting rough there.
(good thing I scrubbed my Corpus Christi plan eh??)
20 A
LOCATION...24.4N 96.2W
ABOUT 110 MI...175 KM ENE OF LA PESCA MEXICO
ABOUT 130 MI...210 KM SSE OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...135 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...18 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...962 MB...28.41 INCHES
No changes on watches & warnings.
Thread bump
Wind speed now 90 mph, just six mph below Category 2.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/302036.shtml?
*
Winds 100 mph, moving W at 12 mph, 950mb
105 miles S of Brownsville TX
Yes it is. This is the first hurricane to come in this early in 15 years!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.