{"id":421925,"date":"2026-08-31T16:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421925\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:04:11","slug":"forecasts-expect-tropical-storm-heavy-rain-in-texas-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421925\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecasts expect tropical storm, heavy rain in Texas towns"},"content":{"rendered":"

An impending storm forming over the Gulf Coast<\/a> could soon dump rain on both Texas and Louisiana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Hurricane Center<\/a> (NHC) reported Monday morning it expects “Invest 97L” to become a tropical depression or tropical storm. The NHC says there is a 70 percent chance of depression or storm formation, with the upper Texas coast and portions of southwestern Louisiana most likely to receive the greatest rainfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Invest 97L is expected to make landfall in the Port Arthur, Texas<\/a> area on Tuesday afternoon, per Space City Weather’s Eric Berger<\/a>. The storm’s track will then run through the Houston area and northwest toward the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex, likely passing through the greater Houston area overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Forecast models from WeatherFront predict just over 1.5 inches of rain in Houston. That total rises to 2.25 inches in Galveston<\/a> and roughly 3 inches in Winnie, with greater rainfall totals expected near the coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If you live on the Upper Texas Coast east of\u00a0Baytown through about Cameron Parish, LA, it makes sense to prepare for a tropical storm,” Berger wrote Monday. “This means the potential for heavy rain, gusty winds, some minor to moderate coastal flooding, and rough seas.”<\/p>\n

Invest 97L could become the third named storm in a quiet hurricane season thus far.<\/p>\n

Tropical Storm Arthur<\/a> and Tropical Storm Bertha<\/a> made landfall in Texas this year, and Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science-one of the nation’s leading hurricane forecasting groups-predicts there will be just nine named storms<\/a> in the entire 2026 hurricane season. Nine named storms in 2026 would mark a significant drop from historical averages between 1991 and 2020, when there were an average of 14.4 named storms, 7.2 hurricanes and 3.2 major hurricanes.<\/p>\n

CSU gives a 10 percent chance of a major hurricane making landfall along the Gulf Coast through November. That’s down from the 27 percent average from 1880 to 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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