Likely Tropical Storm Hanna targeting SE Texas this weekend

[brooklynite]

BULLETIN
Tropical Depression Eight Intermediate Advisory Number 2A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL082020
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2020

...DEPRESSION MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
...HEAVY RAINS LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF TEXAS BY THIS WEEKEND...


SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.0N 90.4W
ABOUT 405 MI...650 KM ESE OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Port Mansfield to High Island Texas

A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.

Interests elsewhere along the Texas and Louisiana coast should monitor the progress of this system.

For storm information specific to your area, including possible inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your
local National Weather Service forecast office.

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Eight was located near latitude 26.0 North, longitude 90.4 West. The
depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h), and this general motion is expected during the next few days. On the forecast track, the center of the depression is expected to move across the northwestern Gulf of Mexico today and Friday and make landfall along the Texas coast on Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph (45 km/h) with higher gusts. Slow strengthening is expected, and the depression could
become a tropical storm in a day or so.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Stay safe!!! nt

[Dustlawyer]

2. Here we go again!

We do not take these smaller storms for granted. We have had tropical storms cause record flooding. We have been through Rita, Ike, Harvey, Imelda, and several others since 2005.

Trump has already proven to us that we will get little to no federal help if we need it. This is going to be a rough hurricane season!

[Jirel]

3. Love it!

We need this in Texas right now. It’s just a little tropical storm, and likely to stay relatively little. 1-2 days of heavy rain is desperately needed in most of the state. Come get us, 8!