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Tropical update Friday: Hurricane Erin forms; watching Gulf disturbance
FOX 26 Meteorologist Allison Gargaro has a tropical update for Friday. We are also watching an area of low pressure in the southern Gulf. Invest 98 has gotten stronger, and the National Hurricane Center has upgraded its chance of becoming a very brief tropical depression to 50%. The center of the system is likely to move inland near the northeastern Mexico coast later today, bringing some rain to Texas.
HOUSTON - The center of a tropical disturbance that flared up in the Gulf began to move across land on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall to parts of northeastern Mexico and South Texas.
It is helping to increase rain chances in the Houston area, and some storms are possible through Saturday.
Tropical development brings rain to Mexico, Texas
By the numbers:
On Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center was giving the area of low pressure in the Gulf a medium 50% chance of development over the next 48 hours. However, around midday, the NHC dropped the chances to near-zero as the center began to move inland near the Rio Grande.
Timeline:
The disturbance is not expected to develop any further as it moves across land. However, the National Hurricane Center says lingering showers and thunderstorms could still bring heavy rain to parts of northeastern Mexico and South Texas through the day.
Will Houston be impacted?
Local perspective:
For us in Southeast Texas, heavy rain, isolated street flooding and a high rip current risk are likely on both Friday and Saturday.
We are in a 1/4 risk for flooding. Stay weather aware for any changes.
Hurricane Erin forms in the Atlantic
Dig deeper:
Elsewhere, Erin has strengthened to a hurricane and could become a major hurricane this weekend or sooner. It will stay north of the Caribbean and mainly pose a risk to Bermuda while bringing larger waves to the beaches from Florida to New England.
The Source: The information in this article comes from the National Hurricane Center and the FOX 26 weather team.