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Tropical Storm — Coastal Refugio County, TX

Sep 13, 2021

An area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea on September 9th moved west into the Bay of Campeche by the 11th. The low pressure area strengthened to become Tropical Storm Nicholas over the southern Gulf of Mexico on the morning of the 12th. Nicholas moved northward across the western Gulf of Mexico to the lower Texas coastal waters early on the 13th. Tropical storm force gusts reached the Middle Texas coast around daybreak of the 13th. Tropical storm wind gusts moved up the coast as Ni

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 985067). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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