Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas as Tropical Storm Franklin takes aim at Hispaniola
Tropical Storms Harold, Franklin to make landfall
FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is keeping an eye on the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas. The storm, which earned a name on Tuesday morning came ashore shortly before 10 a.m. Central time with winds of 50 miles an hour. Weber is also watching Tropical Storm Franklin, which is expected to strike Hispaniola Tuesday afternoon before entering the Atlantic Ocean, where it is expected to strengthen. Though those storms won’t impact Florida, Weber is watching a disturbance near Central America that may enter the Gulf of Mexico next week and start to strengthen.
Tampa, Fla. - Tropical Storm Harold, which became the eighth named storm of the 2023 hurricane season on Tuesday is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Texas.
The storm made landfall in the Lone Star State on Tuesday morning.
As of 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Tropical Storm Harold was located at 27.6 degrees longitude and 99.3 degrees latitude. It was moving west-northwest at 21 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles an hour.
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Tony Sadiku says once it makes landfall, the storm will quickly weaken. He says the tropical storm will bring a lot of rain to Texas and flooding is a possibility.
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Tropical Storm Harold will not impact Florida, but it is keeping rain away from the Sunshine State on Tuesday.
Computer models show Tropical Storm Harold weakening after it comes on shore.
Like Tropical Storm Harold, Tropical Storm Franklin is also expected to make landfall on Tuesday.
Sadiku says it will likely come ashore in Hispaniola Tuesday afternoon.
It was located at 15.5 degrees longitude and 71.1 degrees latitude as of the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. update.
Tropical Storm Franklin has wind speeds of 40 miles per hour and was traveling northwest at 7 miles an hour.
It is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Parts of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola into Thursday.
Tropical storm warnings are currently in effect for parts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Once it clears the island of Hispaniola and enters the Atlantic, forecasters expect it to strengthen and may even become a hurricane.
Models show Tropical Storm Franklin strengthening once it enters the Atlantic Ocean.
Gert, which became a tropical storm Monday morning, has been downgraded to a tropical depression.
Sadiku is also keeping an eye on another tropical wave off the coast of Africa that has a 60 percent chance of developing over the next week.
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