Hurricane Beryl made landfall early today on the Texas gulf coast; while a wind, rain, and storm surge threat persists there, its remnants will advance quickly to the north and east, setting the stage for soaking rains over the next five days. It strengthened to a hurricane prior to landfall, weakened to a tropical storm after landfall, and is now just a tropical depression.
As of the 7:00 pm local time advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the center of Tropical Depression Beryl was located by National Weather Service radar data near latitude 32.2 North, longitude 94.8 West. Beryl is moving toward the north-northeast near 16 mph. According to the NHC, a turn toward the northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected tonight and Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Beryl will move over eastern Texas today, then move through the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday.
As the storm heads north and east with time, its moisture and the moisture it is able to wring out of the atmosphere with its energy will dump soaking rains across the eastern United States. Rain from Virginia to Vermont could be heavy, with more than 3″ possible in some locations.
The heaviest rains will fall today into Tuesday. Heavy rainfall of 5-10″ with localized amounts of 15″ is expected across portions of the Upper Texas Coast and eastern Texas today into tonight. Considerable flash and urban flooding as well as minor to isolated major river flooding is expected. Heavy rainfall of 3-5″, with locally higher amounts possible, is expected across portions of far southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas and southern Missouri tonight into Tuesday.
