TS Bill
Last night, the NHC upgraded storm Invest 91L to Tropical Storm Bill. Even though Bill will be a short lived tropical storm, it has the potential of causing torrential rains and flooding over the next few days in Texas and points east. Parts of the Texas coast are forecast to receive up to four feet of rain.
As of the 8 AM advisory, Bill was located about 30 miles from the Texas coast, had winds of 60 MPH and a central pressure of 997 MB. The outskirts of Bill are already making landfall.
As for the future of the storm, Bill is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression by tomorrow morning, make a gentle curve towards the east while traveling north, and eventually pass by through the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Ohio and Indiana and then continue east. Tropical storm force winds extend 150 miles out from the storm’s center and the rain field is much larger. Don’t assume that you will be free of effects simply because you live 100 miles away from the eventual storm track.