The storm is expected to bring heavy rains to coastal Texas and Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical Storm Nicholas, which formed on Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico and could bring heavy rains to coastal Texas and Louisiana, became the 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the coast of Texas, from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Port Aransas, Texas, about 40 miles outside of Corpus Christi, the center said. Mexico has also issued a tropical storm warning from Barra El Mezquital north to the U.S.-Mexico border. Nicholas could produce rainfall totals of five to 10 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 15 inches, across portions of coastal Texas into Southwest Louisiana starting on Sunday and lasting through the middle of the week, the hurricane center said. The center said tropical storm conditions were expected along portions of the northeastern coast of Mexico and the coast of South Texas starting on Monday, with the possibility of a life-threatening storm surge along the coast of Texas from the mouth of the Rio Grande to High Island. Flash flooding is possible, the hurricane center said. It has been a dizzying couple of months for meteorologists as the arrival of peak hurricane season — August through November — led to a run of named storms that formed in quick succession, bringing stormy weather, flooding and damaging winds to parts of the United States and the Caribbean.
