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NOAA KEEPS EYE ON TROPICAL STORMS IN THE GULF COAST AND ATLANTIC OCEAN
Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to continue moving northwest and strengthen into a Category One hurricane before making landfall along the coast near the Texas-Mexican border Tuesday Morning. A hurricane warning is in effect along the Texas coast from Baffin Bay to the border. The government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Warning from the U.S./Mexican border to La Pesca. Beryl is expected to produce a storm surge of 2 to 5 feet in the warning area north of landfall. Rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches are expected. TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO At 11 a.m. EDT, the center
of Tropical
Storm Alberto was located about 610 miles west of the westernmost
Azores (40.0 west latitude 39.0 north longitude). Alberto is
moving toward the east near 21 mph. A decrease in forward speed
is expected during the next 12-24 hours. NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, updates its forecasts four times a day at 5 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., and 11 p.m. EDT. Click here for a menu of NOAA satellite imagery. The complete Atlantic Hurricane August Outlook may be found on the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (Climate Prediction Center) Web site. Current advisories on individual tropical cyclones are found at NOAA's National Hurricane Center Web site. Relevant Web Sites
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