WHERE I AM, RIGHT ALONG THE
WATER.
SAVANNAH.
>> OR MAYBE IN THE WATER.
TAKE A DIP THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> TO THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS
WHERE PEOPLE ARE PREPARING FOR
WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST
TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON.
HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING, HIGH WINDS
AND EVEN POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
SAM BROCK JOINS US FROM
GALVESTON.
HOW BAD ARE THE CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO GET?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
I THINK SOAKED IS THE WORD YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR, PETER.
GOOD MORNING.
COASTAL FLOODING RIGHT NOW A
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
I AM ON GALVESTON BEACH.
EXPECTATIONS OF A FEW INCHES OF
RAIN COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS UP TO 12
PLUS INCHES IN POCKETS.
I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION UP
HERE.
THIS IS A 17 FOOT HIGH SEA WALL,
AND THE VIOLENT GULF OF MEXICO
IS KICKING WAVES UP EASILY
CLEARING IT AND AT TIMES GOING
OVER MY HEAD.
I’M TRYING TO AVOID THAT
HAPPENING AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
A FLOOD WATCH FROM WHERE I’M
STANDING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 400 MILES.
THAT IS A SIX-HOUR LONG DRIVE.
THE WINDS AT 40 MILES AN HOUR UP
TO THOSE WIND GUSTS SPEEDS BUT
GETTING STRONGER AS THE STORM
EXPECTED TO MAKE LAND FALL EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO.
THIS IS TREASURE ISLAND, TEXAS.
YOU ARE SEEING THE STREETS THERE
FLOODED ALREADY.
STRONG ENOUGH WINDS TO BE MOVING
SIGNS SIDE TO SIDE.
SEE A LOT OF THOSE HOMES ARE
BASED UP A COUPLE OF STORIES
BECAUSE OF EVENTS LIKE THIS.
A COUPLE MORE NOTES.
ONE, THE GOVERNOR HERE GREG
ABBOTT ORDERED 20 STATE AGENCIES
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDEDNESS.
THE NATIONAL GUARD AS WELL.
OF COURSE, TODAY IS JUNETEENTH.
GALVESTON CANCELING THOSE EVENTS
BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS AN IMPORTANT
DAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE’RE
LOOKING AT AT THE MOMENT.
>> SAM, YOU BE SAFE OUT THERE.
WE WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT
FACE AS YOU JUST GOT SMASHED BY
THE WATER.
>> THAT PICTURE TELLS THE STORY.
THEN WE HAVE THE BIG HEAT WAVE
STILL GOING ON.
>> YEAH.
WE DON’T HAVE A NAMED TROPICAL
SYSTEM YET, WHICH TELLS YOU HOW
STRONG IT CAN BE BEFORE IT
BECOMES A NAMED STORM.
SO MANY PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED.
70 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER HEAT
ADVISORIES, WATCHES, WARNINGS,
EXTENDING BACK TOWARD IT IS
GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER
VALLEY.
WE HAVE A BIG AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE.
WE WILL SEE THIS HEAT LAST FOR
SEVERAL DAYS.
HUGE RIDGE IN THE JET STREAM
MEANS THE ENTIRE EASTERN PART OF
THE COUNTRY WILL BE PART OF IT.
GO UP TO SYRACUSE.
104 IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TODAY.
BANGOR, MAINE 105 WHICH IS
HOTTER THAN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
IN NEW YORK.
THEN WE CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW.
BURLINGTON WILL FEEL LIKE 98.
LOOKING AT PROVINCE FEELING LIKE
98 AS WELL.
AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES,
ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE
STAYING IN THE MID TO UPPER 90s,
EVEN 100 DEGREES ON ST. LOUIS ON
SATURDAY.
IT IS GOING TO BE BRUTALLY HOT.
STAY INDOORS.
STAY COOL.
HERE IS THE RAIN FROM CORPUS
CHRISTI INTO BROWNSVILLE.
IT IS POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE