Beryl Hurricane to hit Texas: Path, tracker, landfall time, windspeed, rain, weather forecast

Beryl Hurricane is expected to intensify as it moves toward northeastern Mexico and southern Texas by the end of the weekend, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to prepare as Beryl moves. Some Texas counties have already issued voluntary evacuation orders in low-lying areas. Along the Texas coast in Corpus Christi, city officials announced it had distributed 10,000 sand bags in less than two hours on Friday, exhausting its supply.

Beryl Hurricane Landfall Time, Area in Texas

It's expected to reach southern Texas by Sunday night or Monday morning, regaining hurricane status.


National Hurricane Center senior specialist Jack Beven said Beryl is likely to make landfall somewhere between Brownsville and a bit north of Corpus Christi Monday. The hurricane center forecasts it will hit as a strong Category 1 storm, but wrote "this could be conservative if Beryl stays over water longer" than expected.

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During Category 1 Hurricane, wind speed goes up to of 74-95 mph (119 to 153 km).

Record Breaking Beryl Hurricane

The storm smashed various records even before its major hurricane-level winds approached the island of Carriacou in Grenada on Monday.

Beryl set the record for the earliest Category 4 with winds of at least 130 mph (209 kilometers per hour) - the first-ever category 4 in June. It also was the earliest storm to rapidly intensify with wind speeds jumping 63 mph (102 kph) in 24 hours, going from an unnamed depression to a Category 4 in 48 hours.

Forecasters predicted months ago it was going to be a nasty year and now they are comparing it to record busy 1933 and deadly 2005 - the year of Katrina, Rita, Wilma and Dennis.

Beryl is the first hurricane since NHC records began to reach the Category 4 level in June and the earliest to hit the highest Category 5 in July.

It is extremely rare for such a powerful storm to form this early in the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from early June to late November.

Scientists say climate change likely plays a role in the rapid intensification of storms like Beryl, since there is more energy in a warmer ocean for them to feed on.

North Atlantic waters are currently between two and five degrees Fahrenheit (1-3 degrees Celsius) warmer than normal, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

FAQs:

Q1. Where is Hurricane Beryl heading?
A1. Hurricane Beryl is heading toward Texas.

Q2. What will be windspeed of Hurricane Beryl?
A2. During Category 1 Hurricane, wind speed goes up to of 74-95 mph (119 to 153 km).