Cat 2 hurricane Dolly came ashore at South Padre Island in south Texas early this afternoon, packing 100 mph winds and a 6-8 foot storm surge. Thanks to a jog north earlier in the day, Brownsville was spared Dolly’s wrath, while South Padre and Harlingen are expected to bear the brunt of the storm. Dolly is already beginning to weaken, but will bring damaging wind, a few tornadoes, and flooding rains of 10-20″ to south Texas and northeast Mexico over the next couple of days as it dissipates over the mountains of northern Mexico.
Second visit of tropical remnants in two weeks!
A second tropical system in two weeks visits the Mid-South!…
