Tropical Storm Alberto strengthened on Wednesday evening as it neared the coast of Mexico.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Alberto was located at latitude 21.5\u00b0N and longitude 95.9\u00b0W which put it about 135 miles (220 km) east-southeast of Tampico, Mexico and about 320 miles (510 km) south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas.\u00a0 Alberto was moving toward the west at 9 m.p.h. (15 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 993 mb.<\/p>\n
A Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for the portion of the coast from San Luis Pass, Texas to Tecolutla, Mexico.\u00a0 The Tropical Storm Warning included Port O’Connor, Corpus Christi and Brownsville, Texas.\u00a0 The Tropical Storm Warning also included Tampico, Mexico.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Tropical Storm Alberto was getting stronger on Wednesday evening as it approached the coast of Mexico near Tampico.\u00a0 Thunderstorms near the center of Alberto’s circulation rose higher into the atmosphere.\u00a0 A band of thunderstorms wrapped around the southern and eastern side of the center of circulation.\u00a0 Other bands of showers and thunderstorms were revolving around the center of Tropical Storm Alberto.\u00a0 Storms near the center of Alberto generated upper level divergence that pumped mass away from the tropical storm.\u00a0 The removal of mass caused the surface pressure to decrease.<\/p>\n The distribution of winds in Tropical Storm Alberto was still asymmetrical.\u00a0 The circulation around the northern side of Alberto\u2019s circulation was interacting with the southern part of a strong high pressure system over the eastern U.S.\u00a0 The interaction of the two pressure systems was causing a large area of tropical storm force winds in the northern side of Tropical Storm Alberto.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extended out 460 miles (740 km) in the northern side of Alberto\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force only extended out 60 miles (95 km) in the southern half of Alberto.<\/p>\n Tropical Storm Alberto will move through an environment favorable for intensification during the next few hours.\u00a0 Alberto will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 30\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move under the the center of an upper level ridge over the western Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0 The upper level winds are weak near the center of the ridge and there will be little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Alberto is likely to intensify during the next few hours until the center makes landfall on the coast of Mexico.<\/p>\n Tropical Storm Alberto will move around the southern side of a strong high pressure system over the eastern U.S.\u00a0 The high pressure system will steer Alberto toward the west during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, Tropical Storm Alberto will make landfall on the coast of northern Mexico early on Thursday.\u00a0 The center of Alberto will make landfall a little south of Tampico, Mexico.<\/p>\n Tropical Storm Alberto will produce gusty winds along the coast of Texas and northern Mexico.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alberto will also drop heavy rain on parts of northern Mexico and southern Texas.\u00a0 Up to 12 inches (300 mm) of rain could fall on parts of south Texas.\u00a0 Flood Watches were in effect for parts of South Texas.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>Up to 20 inches (500 mm) of rain could fall on parts of northern Mexico where the winds blow the air up the slopes of mountains.<\/p>\n Easterly winds blowing around the northern side of Tropical Storm Alberto will blow the water toward the coast of Texas and northern Mexico.\u00a0 Alberto will cause a storm surge of up to six feet (two meters) where the winds blow the water toward the coast.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Alberto caused flooding along parts of the coast of Texas and Louisiana on Wednesday.\u00a0 There were reports of water over roads as far east as Grand Isle, Louisiana.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tropical Storm Alberto strengthened on Wednesday evening as it neared the coast of Mexico.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Alberto was located at latitude 21.5\u00b0N and longitude 95.9\u00b0W which put it about 135 miles (220 km) east-southeast of Tampico, Mexico and about 320 miles (510 km) south-southeast of Brownsville, 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