Erin Onshore, Here Comes Dean

Tropical Storm Erin is onshore this morning providing the occasional Doppler-indicated tornado and heavy rain. She was downgraded to a Depression at 8 AM by The NHC and it wasn't clear whether she made landfall as a Tropical Storm or not. By yesterday afternoon, she had lost all of her big thunderstorms, but they had nicely intensified by overnight...

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This morning, the thunderstorms are decreasing again but heavy rain will remain -- hence the various Flood advisories out for Southeast Texas this morning.

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The Doppler-estimated precip map above is probably an inch too high - local Doppler estimates have shown 5 inches in isolated areas on the coast. Here's how much more rain we think will fall:

Wind gusts and storm surge were minimal at landfall.

Now, our best track for Dean has him sitting off the Texas coast in approximately the same place next week, but of course we're talking nearly a week away so that forecast may change.

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