NOAA KEEPS EYE ON TROPICAL STORMS IN THE GULF COAST AND ATLANTIC OCEAN

August 14, 2000 — TROPICAL STORM BERYL — At 2 p.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Beryl was located 175 miles south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas, (23.8 north latitude, 96.0 west longitude). Beryl was moving northwest at 6 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour with higher gusts.

Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to continue moving northwest and strengthen into a Category One hurricane before making landfall along the coast near the Texas-Mexican border Tuesday Morning.

A hurricane warning is in effect along the Texas coast from Baffin Bay to the border. The government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Warning from the U.S./Mexican border to La Pesca. Beryl is expected to produce a storm surge of 2 to 5 feet in the warning area north of landfall. Rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches are expected.

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO

At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Alberto was located about 610 miles west of the westernmost Azores (40.0 west latitude 39.0 north longitude). Alberto is moving toward the east near 21 mph. A decrease in forward speed is expected during the next 12-24 hours.

Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph, with higher gusts. Some additional weakening is forecast during the next 24 hours.

Interests in the Azores islands should monitor the progress of Alberto during the next few days.

NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, updates its forecasts four times a day at 5 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., and 11 p.m. EDT. Click here for a menu of NOAA satellite imagery.

The complete Atlantic Hurricane August Outlook may be found on the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (Climate Prediction Center) Web site.

Current advisories on individual tropical cyclones are found at NOAA's National Hurricane Center Web site.

Relevant Web Sites
NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. — Track the hurricane and get the latest forecasts

Hurricanes: Nature's Greatest Storms — Latest satellite imagery, archived images of past hurricanes

Daily Satellite Images of Tropical Events

NOAA's Visualization Lab — 3-D imagery of latest storms

NOAA Weather Radio

NOAA Weather Radio: For Anytime Severe Weather Strikes

Media Contacts:
Frank Lepore, NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, (305) 229-4404 or NOAA's National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. at (301) 713-0622.

 

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