Looks like the famed ridge is doing its work already... if this track continues today, it's almost certain TX is going to be safe.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/atlantic/winds/wg8dlm5.html
If you go to that link, and cycle through the -3 hour, + 3 hour, you can see the ridge building west. Steering currents that were favorable for a S. TX landfall now steer into N. MX.