Tropical Storm Warning Added to Advisories

HARLINGEN, Texas ( ValleyCentral ) — A tropical storm warning was added to the warnings and advisories associated with tropical storm Beryl late this morning. The forecast track for Beryl is now well east of the Rio Grande Valley. In fact the RGV is out of the forecast cone entirely.

Beryl is expected to gather strength and become a category one hurricane once again as it runs parallel to the Valley Sunday through Monday morning. The current forecast track takes Beryl toward Port Lavaca, well east of Corpus Christi for a Monday morning landfall as a category one hurricane.

Much of the rain forecast for tomorrow is drying up. The upper Valley is left with only a slight chance for rain with totals of less than half an inch.

The greater rain chances and totals, along with stronger winds can be expected along the coast. We cannot rule out tropical storm force conditions for the lower Valley and the coast.

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for the coastal portions of Cameron and Willacy counties. A tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. A hurricane watch and a storm surge watch have been issued for our coastal regions. A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions are possible generally within 48 hours. These will likely be updated as the storm develops and conditions change.

Surf conditions will start to get worse tonight and will likely result in other advisories as the storm passes by.

Coastal/beach flooding, dangerous rip currents, rough surf, beach erosion, etc. will potentially be issues as will strong winds. The further east you live in the RGV, the greater the chances for tropical storm conditions as we head through the day Sunday on into Monday morning.

Once the storm passes, it will take a while for the seas to calm back down, and a couple of days for all the tropical moisture to get wrung out of our atmosphere, resulting in a continuing chance of rain, possibly into Wednesday.

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