(July 22, 2008)—The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning Monday night for the Texas Coast from Brownsville to Port O’Connor as Tropical Storm Dolly continued to head toward the coast.

A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within 24 hours, and replaces the hurricane watch that was issued earlier Monday for the same area.

As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, Dolly was located about 265 miles southeast of Brownsville, with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour.

Although still a tropical storm, forecasters are expecting Dolly to strengthen and become a hurricane prior to making landfall sometime on Wednesday.

A tropical storm warning was also posted from Port O’Connor northward to San Luis Pass.

In Mexico, a hurricane warning was posted from the U.S.-Mexico border south to Rio San Fernando. A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning are in effect from Rio San Fernando south to La Pesca.

Officials in both the U.S. and Mexico were urging residents living near the coast to prepare for hurricane force winds, isolated rainfall totals of up to 15 inches, and storm surge flooding up to six feet above normal tide levels.

There was no word of any mandatory evacuations along the Texas Coast late Monday night.

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