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Soon after Arctic air expands into the south-central and southeastern United States, a storm will brew along the Texas coast and spread a swath of ice and snow eastward across the Gulf Coast ...
Map of the major and minor estuaries of the Gulf Coast of Texas. The U.S. state of Texas has a series of estuaries along its coast on the Gulf of Mexico, most of them bounded by the Texas barrier islands. Estuaries are coastal bodies of water in which freshwater from rivers mixes with saltwater from the sea.
Over the holiday, 2-8 inches of rain poured down on portions of central Texas and part of the Texas coast. Galveston picked up 6.62 inches in 96 hours as of Tuesd Slow-moving tropical rainstorm to ...
Sabine Lake is the smallest of the seven major estuaries along the Gulf Coast of Texas, approximately 14 miles (23 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide, with a surface area of 45,320 acres (18,340 ha). It receives the discharge from the Neches and Sabine Rivers, along with various smaller streams and the surrounding coastal watershed.
A small high-risk area was issued at the 2000Z outlook that included the cities of Little Rock, Camden, and Danville for a 30% probability of significant tornadoes. An EF4 tornado were confirmed in the risk area before the high risk was discontinued in a special outlook update at 0230Z. The outlook period as a whole produced 18 tornadoes. [286]
A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of southern Texas as what will likely become the first named storm of the season builds in the Gulf of Mexico.
Port Freeport (formally Brazos Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County) is the geographically smallest deep-water seaport along the U.S Gulf Coast. Located in Freeport, Texas (United States), it has rail access, and both private and public facilities.
On January 19, 2021, NOAA issued the Final Instruction for expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. This action protects 14 additional reefs and banks, slightly adjusts the boundaries of the sanctuary's original three banks and expands the sanctuary from 56 square miles (145 km 2) to a total of 160 square miles (415 km 2).