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Shortest thread ever... Tropical Depression TWO has made landfall just south of South Padre Island per the 11 AM EDT Advisory. Life span of 12 hours. But the rains from this storm will add to the rains last week from Hurricane Alex. The Rio Grande at Laredo is beyond Flood Stage. http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=crp&gage=ldot2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6 Flood Stage at Laredo is 8 feet. The river ws at 38.08 feet this morning. Historical Crests (1) 62.48 ft on 01/01/1965 (2) 61.35 ft on 06/30/1954 (3) 38.98 ft on 06/30/1971 (4) 35.02 ft on 08/27/1998 (5) 33.14 ft on 07/01/1971 (6) 32.05 ft on 07/21/1975 (7) 31.63 ft on 10/06/1971 (8) 27.66 ft on 09/27/1974 (9) 21.23 ft on 06/05/1979 (10) 20.34 ft on 07/19/1976 Total so far 7 Invests, 2 TDs ( 95L wasn't classed ) and 1 hurricane.Entering Week 8 of the season, so that's about one per week TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022010 1015 AM CDT THU JUL 08 2010 ...DEPRESSION MAKES LANDFALL OVER EXTREME SOUTH TEXAS COAST... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND WSR-88D RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HAS MADE LANDFALL NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TEXAS. SUMMARY OF 1015 AM CDT...1515 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...26.2N 97.2W ABOUT 25 MI...45 KM NE OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES |