A Hurricane Warning continues along the Texas coastline from Port Mansfield Texas to Mesquite Bay. A Tropical Storm Warning continues from Barra el Mezquital, Mexico, to Port Mansfield, Texas, and from Mesquite Bay to Sargent, Texas. Hurricane conditions are expected in the warning area this afternoon. Tropical storm conditions are occuring in portions of the warning area and will spread inland through the afternoon and evening.
A Storm Surge Warning continues from Port Mansfield Texas to Sargent, Texas. The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide... - Baffin Bay to Mesquite Bay including Corpus Christi Bay, Copano Bay, and Aransas Bay...3-5 ft - Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay...2-4 ft - Mesquite Bay to Sargent including San Antonio Bay and Matagorda Bay...2-4 ft - Mouth of the Rio Grande to Port Mansfield...1-3 ft - North of Sargent to High Island including Galveston Bay...1-2 ft At 10 a.m. CDT, the center of Hurricane Hannah was located over the western Gulf of Mexico about 85 miles (120 km) southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas. It's moving toward the west near 7 mph (11 km/h), and this motion should continue through this morning. A gradual turn toward the west-southwest is expected by late afternoon and tonight, and that motion should continue through Sunday. On the forecast track, the center of Hanna should make landfall along the Texas coast within the hurricane warning area by late afternoon or early this evening. Data from the NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft and Doppler weather radars indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 80 mph (130 km/h) with higher gusts. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km). Some further strengthening is possible before Hanna makes landfall later today. Rapid weakening is expected after Hanna moves inland. Hanna is expected to produce 6 to 12 inches of rain with isolated maximum totals of 18 inches through Sunday night in south Texas and into the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and northern Tamaulipas. This rain may result in life-threatening flash flooding, rapid rises on small streams, and isolated minor to moderate river flooding in south Texas. 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected along the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts. A few tornadoes are possible today and overnight over parts of the lower to middle Texas coastal plain.
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