Marine Tropical Storm — Matagorda Ship Chnl To Pt Aransas Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico

2020-09-21 to 2020-09-22 · Matagorda Ship Chnl To Pt Aransas Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

Mesonet observations and radar data showed tropical storm force winds from Tropical Storm Beta from the afternoon of the 21st until the early morning hours of the 22nd.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Storm Beta began as a low pressure area over the southwest Gulf of Mexico on September 16th. This system organized into a tropical depression on the 17th as it moved slowly northward. It became Tropical Storm Beta on the 18th while moving north into the northwest Gulf of Mexico. It became stationary on the 19th as steering flow collapsed. Beta moved on a slow and steady course to the west-northwest toward the Middle Texas coast on the 20th and 21st and made landfall on the southern end of the Matagorda Peninsula late on the evening of 21st.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 921731. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.