The National Hurricane Center predicts storm surges from Tropical Storm Alberto to increase water levels up to four feet in some Texas towns.
Recently formed Tropical Storm Alberto is expected to heavily flood the southern Texas and northeastern Mexico coast, with a threat of raising water levels four feet due to a „dangerous storm surge“, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Formed in the western Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of the hurricane season, Tropical Storm Alberto is drenching parts of Texas with heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour that can extend 415 miles north from its center, according to the NHC.
A tropical storm is defined by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as having maximum sustained winds from 39 to 79 miles per hour.
Texans along the coast have been informed of a tropical storm warning. A public advisory issued by NHC Wednesday morning notified the public that heavy rainfall, predicted at around 5 to 10 inches, is expected to produce „considerable flash and urban flooding.
