Tropical Storm Erin Crawling Up Gulf of Mexico
The first tropical storm of the summer is heading straight towards us, and expected to make landfall in South Texas tomorrow morning.
"Erin" was upgraded from "Depression Five" to "Tropical Storm" status at 10am today, meaning its maximum sustained winds are somewhere between 39-73 mph. Meteorologists at The Weather Channel believe that she'll affect much of the Texas coast, with cities from Brownsville and Corpus Christi up to Louisiana seeing anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of rainfall. Locally, the thunderstorms will likely start tonight and continue through the weekend.
Meanwhile, Gov. Perry has deployed Texas National Guard troops to the coast, in case there's any serious flooding.
Satellite image from The Weather Channel
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