Nicholas made landfall across the central Texas coast early Tuesday morning as a Category 1 hurricane.
NICHOLAS DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM AFTER MAKING LANDFALL IN TEXAS AS CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE
The storm is forecast to weaken, but not move very much, bringing torrential rainfall to Texas and Louisiana.
A high risk of excessive rainfall for southwest Louisiana is not good news for an area that was hit very hard by Hurricane Ida just two weeks ago.
Over a foot of rain – with isolated totals of up to 20 inches of rain – is possible.
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Meanwhile, a wide swath of 5-10 inches of rain will extend inland from far-East Texas across the central Gulf Coast.
Some tropical tornadoes, storm surge and gusty winds will also be dangerous especially east of the center of circulation.
In other weather news, strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible from the Central Plains to the Northeast along a frontal boundary bringing the risk for hail, damaging winds, an isolated tornado and heavy rain.
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Temperatures remain above average for much of the U.S.
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