Harold remains a tropical depression, but will continue to weaken as it tracks farther west across northern Mexico and West Texas on Wednesday.
Harold became the eighth named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season at 1 a.m. CT on Aug. 22. After making landfall over Padre Island on Tuesday morning as a tropical storm, Harold weakened as it moved farther inland, where it eventually became a tropical depression.
Its center is now over northern Mexico, about 340 miles east-southeast of El Paso, Texas. It remains a tropical depression, producing maximum sustained winds of 30 mph.
While much of the wet weather has wrapped up across South Texas, heavier and steadier rain from Harold will continue to spread across West Texas and portions of northern Mexico on Wednesday.
All Tropical Storm Warnings have been discontinued as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, but Flood Watches are in effect until Wednesday evening for parts of West Texas.
We’re also monitoring Tropical Storm Franklin in the Atlantic, along with two other disturbances with the potential to develop. Check here for a look at the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season so far.
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