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Related: About this forumStorm gets name; flooding expected
CORPUS CHRISTI - A tropical depression turned cyclone was named Bill by the National Weather Services Hurricane Center late Monday.
After a hurricane hunter aircraft investigated the depression in the Gulf of Mexico, a tropical storm warning was issued about 9 p.m., John Metz with the National Weather Service said.
The cyclone is predicted to make landfall Tuesday around or shortly after sunrise along the states mid coast, between Freeport and Corpus Christi, according to the National Weather Service website.
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Rainfall totals are expected to be between 3 inches to 6 inches and as much as 10 inches of rain are expected in isolated northeastern parts of the Coastal Bend, Metz said.
Read more: http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/weather/bill-expected-to-renew-flood-threat_59264569
[font color=330099]Maximum sustained wind of 50 mph.[/font]
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Hope no one takes this for granted.
Wish you well Tx Towelie
TexasTowelie
(112,755 posts)since it is going to be wet tomorrow. Top priority is to save the cat. My neighbors? Meh.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Kep us posted if you can. Will be thinking of you
Gothmog
(146,027 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,755 posts)Plenty of cat food around too, but I was drenched in sweat by the time I made it back here. No breeze, 100% humidity and beginning to mist. Ugh!
TexasTowelie
(112,755 posts)I'm also charging up my extra phone batteries as a precaution but without the WiFi the Internet service is terrible on the cell phone.
It is like a sauna outside right now. Hot, humid and no breeze.
Warpy
(111,480 posts)It looks to be a soggy nuisance, nothing worse.
Gothmog
(146,027 posts)I will be on the wet side. It does not look like it will intensify but the ground is already saturated and it will not take much to generate some flooding
Gothmog
(146,027 posts)He is freaking out a little. We have more water than we need and extra flashlights
ananda
(28,925 posts).. and I've been through many storms and hurricanes.
I think I'll stay holed up here for the next two days
and pray it doesn't flood and that the drainage will
keep working.
I also hope the power doesn't go out.
Gothmog
(146,027 posts)There is flooding in Sealy and areas to the west of Houston. Houston has just downgraded their alert. I got rain at my house but not enough to cause any problems
ananda
(28,925 posts)Austin rain hasn't been too bad either, thank goodness.
I guess we dodged a bullet this time.
I'm sorry for the areas that took the brunt, though.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,257 posts)is that you usually have plenty of warning. I will say, it was pretty nutty at the grocery store. There were some people with nothing but baskets full of bottled water.