HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Bill smashing into the beleaguered Texas coast Tuesday with heavy rains and 60 mph winds before weakening as it moved across the state.
Severe flooding and possible tornadoes are still possible for the next two days, forecasters said.
The storm made landfall at about 11:45 a.m. CT on southern Matagorda Island, Texas, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 4 p.m. CT, winds had dropped to 50 mph and the storm was located 25 miles west of Port O'Connor, Texas. It was moving to the north-northwest at 9 mph, with tropical-storm winds extending up to 150 miles to the northeast and east.
"The biggest takeaways from this storm is heavy rains for two or three days, flash flooding and river flooding," National Weather Service meteorologist Victor Murphy told USA TODAY. The region will see 6-10 inches of rain, and "there will be some areas that get more," he said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/06/16/tropical-storm-bill-heads-for-texas-coast/28791653/
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