DALLAS — Hurricane Beryl is already making history.
Here are the records so far:
- Earliest Category 5 hurricane in a calendar year (on record)
- Strongest hurricane in June in the Atlantic Basin (on record)
- Strongest hurricane in July in the Atlantic Basin (on record)
- The first major hurricane east of the Antilles in June
- Tropical storm to a major hurricane in 42 hrs. (has only happened 6 other times)
After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening and Monday morning. Here's the latest forecast and radar:
Hurricane Beryl live radar and tracker
Current status
Beryl is currently a tropical storm. The center of the storm made its second landfall Friday morning just northeast of Tulum. Beryl will strengthen back to hurricane status as it moves toward the Texas coast.
Hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings have been issued for much of the TX coast.
It first made landfall on Carriacou Island (Grenada) Monday morning as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph wind.
While the storm tracked very close to Jamaica, the center of the storm did not cross over the island, so it technically did not make landfall in Jamaica.
When is Beryl hitting Texas?
The current forecast track has it strengthening to a Category 1 hurricane this weekend. As of now, the forecast shows landfall along the Texas coast between Corpus Christi and Brazosport sometime very early Monday.
Hurricane Beryl impact on Texas
Southeast TX and the TX coast are already seeing some rain and thunderstorms associated with Beryl this weekend.
Landfall is expected Monday morning near Corpus Christi or up to Brazosport with winds up to 90 mph.
Tropical storm force winds (39+ mph) will be possible as early as Sunday morning along the coast with the threat for strong rip currents along the Texas coastline through the weekend.
Highest rainfall totals will be in South Texas with accumulations of four to seven inches (or higher). The remnants of Beryl will move into Central and Northern Texas early to mid next week. This brings rain totals near 1-2 inches for North Texas with isolated 3+ inches southeast of DFW. The track IS CRUCIAL in who sees the most, and it very well could shift. Stay tuned.