WATCH: Hurricane Nicholas makes landfall along upper Texas coast

Nicholas makes landfall on upper Texas coast
Nicholas makes landfall on upper Texas coast Photo credit National Weather Service

Tropical Storm Nicholas became a brief CAT 1 hurricane as it made landfall earlier this morning along the upper Texas coast, just southwest of Houston. Wind reached 75mph.

Nicholas is now a strong tropical storm with wind at 70mph as of 4:00 a.m. this morning. It's moving very slowly to the northeast and will continue doing so through the day.

Nicholas is a very lopsided storm with all the precipitation on the north and east side of the center of circulation. The flooding rains will stay out of Houston, but will inundate Beaumont/Port Arthur into southwest Louisiana through the day.

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Texas may see a few afternoon and evening showers and storms across DFW later today, but they will quickly wane after sunset.

Featured Image Photo Credit: National Weather Service