Danielle to raise flood, rough surf threat across eastern Mexico

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist

June 20,2016; 7:34PM,EDT

 

Heavy rain from Danielle will elevate the risk for flooding across eastern Mexico into Tuesday night.
The system strengthened into a tropical storm on Monday morning and made landfall along the eastern coast of Mexico on Monday evening.
Danielle weakened to a tropical depression shortly after making landfall.

The threat for flooding rain will continue across portions of eastern Mexico even in Danielle's weakened state.
"Locally heavy rain and flooding may occur across the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz into Tuesday night," according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Miller.
"This includes the cities of Ciudad Victoria and Tampico."
The rain may be heavy enough to cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in the higher terrain.
Miller added that Danielle, as a tropical rainstorm, would pose more of an inland flooding threat, rather than a wind threat to the region.
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While the bulk of the rain is expected to miss Texas, wave heights and rip currents could increase across southern portions of the state. Bathers are urged to heed all beach warnings to avoid a life-threatening situation.
Depending on the track of Danielle, bands of heavy rain may brush the southern fringes of Brownsville, Texas, early this week.
Petroleum rigs near the United States should not have to deal with impacts from this system.
Conditions are forecast to gradually quiet down across eastern Mexico at midweek, when more typical afternoon thunderstorms are expected to replace the heavy downpours.
Another area of potential tropical development will need to be monitored near the Yucatan Peninsula later in the week, according to Miller.
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