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Areas affected include several coastal counties, with damaging winds and large hail expected.
The storm line, moving southeast at roughly 45 mph, is impacting cities such as Corpus Christi, Rockport, Port Aransas, Portland, and Robstown, as well as key travel corridors including stretches of Interstate 37 and U.S. Highways 181 and 77.remains in effect, also until Monday morning, for east central Lee County, including areas near Lake Somerville State Park and Loebau.
What’s Happening and Why According to the NWS, the storms could be capable of producing wind gusts reaching up to 60 mph and hail the size of a quarter . At the same time, slow-moving systems over Lee County have already dumped 4 to 5 inches of rain overnight on Sunday, with more expected through the early hours of the morning.
Forecasters warned that even another inch of rain could quickly worsen flooding conditions after several inches had already fallen overnight. Hail damage to vehiclesFlash flooding of creeks, streams, streets, and underpassesFlash flooding is considered life-threatening, particularly in rural or low-lying areas where water can rise quickly and unexpectedly.
The NWS is urging residents in affected areas to take immediate precautions:Avoid travel, especially in flooded or storm-impacted areasStay alert overnight, when visibility is reduced, and hazards are harder to detectThe NWS repeated one of its core flood safety warnings to drivers: “Turn around, don’t drown,” noting that most flood-related deaths occur in vehicles. Forecasters said conditions should gradually improve after Monday morning, with a mostly warm and dry week expected across much of South Texas.
Highs are forecast to remain in the low-to-mid 80s before another chance of showers and storms returns toward the weekend.
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