Posted on 06/29/2010 7:48:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Alex is taking aim at the Texas/Mexico border in the Western Gulf of Mexico. The official NHC forecast calls for Alex to make landfall just south of Texas on Wednesday night. Tropical storm force winds extend 140 miles from the center of the system. Alex is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches over portions of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas...with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches.
NHC Public Advisories
NHC Discussion
Buoy Data: Western Gulf of Mexico
Local Weather:
NWS Local Weather Statements Brownsville TX & Corpus Christi TX
Brownsville Radar Loop
Corpus Christi Radar Loop
Local News:
Island Breeze News, So. Padre Island
Brownsville Herald
KRGV Channel 5 News Rio Grande Valley
KVEO Channel 23 Rio Grande Valley News
KIII TV Corpus Christi
Additional Resources:
Ibiseye Detailed tracking maps include city names
StormPulse Interactive tracking capabilities
Hurricane City
Crown Weather
Lots of useful links located above.
Please don’t be another Ike, the inland hurricane that hit Ohio. I’ll never forget it as long as I live...
"I'll take things that blow for $200, Trebeck."
About 255 miles SE of Brownsville TX, noving W at 9 mph.
Max sustained winds 75 mph, 973 mb.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 15 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to
175 miles.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
And Ike made landfall as only a Cat. 2 storm.
Bump! Thanks NN!
We were without power for a week but fortunately for us the weather was nice and we had a generator.
Speaking of which, might be a good time to get gas and exercise the generator...
Just started raining here. Don’t know if it’s outer bands or if it’s just fingers.
TANKS,NN ,,,
I sure hope it moves fast,,,
The last I heard there are 12’ waves in the Gulf,,,(Fox)...
Just ran mine this last week with a 3KW load. Keep 3 gallons in it with Stabil mixture and change the gasoline in it out completely once a year and the oil every other year. Never had a bit of trouble with it in 6 years.
Thanks for the thread NNurse. I’ve got family 50 miles inland down in the toe of Texas on the border.
Just guessing - from views seen at this link.
Maybe this is God's oil-spill cleanup campaign... who knows.
Advisory notes no change in watches and warnings, but it sure look like the cone has shifted well south of the border.
I think that’s a spin off storm,,,
The center of rotation is far south of that,,,
I’m in NW Louisiana and we’re getting T-Storms up here,,,
This storm won’t clean-up anything,,,
It’s driving the oil into the marsh...
Those are outer bands and they’ll keep spinning off until the storm goes inland.
Have always said this is the way God cleans house, the bays, the beaches, etc.
Bloody media types have been praying for a hurricane, and for a few hours they had what they wanted... but, notice how they’ve been absolutely mum about the breakup of this storm for the past four hours?
You think it was bad in Ohio - you should have seen it in Houston!
Not so good...
Agree with the shift with the current due west storm track. However, a general west-northwestward motion is expected over the next 24 to 48 hours.
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