Tim Paitz
EF2
At around 11:30 A.M., tropical storm Bill landfalled on Matagorda Island as a 60 mph tropical storm.
The main threat is flooding (though isolated tornadoes are possible, hence the 5% tornado area as well as a storm surge and tropical storm winds mainly east and northeast of the center), stretching from texas to even ohio as bill moves over saturated areas that can worsen the flooding (this is known as a "brown ocean effect").
With a ridge in place over the southeast (resulting in a heat wave for them), the remnants of bill will dump torrential rainfall in texas, eastern oklahoma, missouri, illinois, indiana and ohio as it moves around it in the next several days.
The main threat is flooding (though isolated tornadoes are possible, hence the 5% tornado area as well as a storm surge and tropical storm winds mainly east and northeast of the center), stretching from texas to even ohio as bill moves over saturated areas that can worsen the flooding (this is known as a "brown ocean effect").
With a ridge in place over the southeast (resulting in a heat wave for them), the remnants of bill will dump torrential rainfall in texas, eastern oklahoma, missouri, illinois, indiana and ohio as it moves around it in the next several days.
