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  How Often Should You "Keep an Eye on the Tropics" During Hurricane Season?

  July 23 at 5 a.m.

  From June through the end of November, mentions of hurricane season are frequent along the Gulf Coast. Media outlets urge us all to stay wary of any tropical weather and pay attention as things can develop quickly. This was evident recently with Hurricane Barry, which didn't even form into a...

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  Preparing for a Hurricane Evacuation

  July 18 at 5 a.m.

  As Hurricane Barry rolled into the central Louisiana coastline over the weekend, no doubt many Houstonians were breathing a sigh of relief. While Barry wasn't exactly a blockbuster storm, it dropped dozens of inches of rain across a wide region from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama north to Arkansas. For anyone...

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  Soon-to-Be Tropical Storm Barry on a Path for Louisiana

  July 11 at 9:54 a.m.

  The disturbance labeled Potential Tropical Cyclone Two (eventually Tropical Storm, perhaps Hurricane, Barry) spent overnight Wednesday stumbling around the north central Gulf of Mexico remaining a rather disorganized blob. Forecast models, which had begun trending eastward in forecast tracks yesterday continued that overnight, some even putting a bulls-eye on the...

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  Gulf Disturbance Expected to be a Hurricane at Landfall

  July 10 at 10:26 a.m.

  The forecast for what the National Hurricane Center has deemed Potential Tropical Cyclone 2 — what is likely to become Tropical Storm and eventually Hurricane Barry — remains rather uncertain Wednesday morning. The center of circulation is over water, but most of the thunderstorm activity is spread across a huge...

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  Still Much Uncertainty Surrounding Gulf Disturbance

  July 9 at 9:57 a.m.

  The National Hurricane Center is giving an area of low pressure drifting south across the Florida panhandle a 50 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm over the next two days. The disorganized system will emerge over the eastern Gulf of Mexico sometime Tuesday and is expected...

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  Possible Gulf Disturbance Could Affect Houston Area Later in the Week

  July 8 at 4 a.m.

  Just over a month into hurricane season, the first decent chance for a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center. Right now, it's just an area of low pressure over northern Alabama, but it is forecast to slowly move south-southeast over the...