Alex about to make landfall in northeastern Mexico

At 800 PM CDT…0100 UTC…the eye of Hurricane Alex was located by a reconnaissance aircraft and National Weather Service radar from Brownsville near latitude 24.3 north…longitude 97.5 west or about 15 miles…25 km…east of the coast of northeastern Mexico.

Alex is moving toward the west near 10 mph…17 km/hr. This general motion is expected to continue until landfall in northeastern Mexico in a couple of hours. On the forecast track…Alex will be moving over northeastern Mexico on Thursday.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 100 mph…155 km/hr…with higher gusts. Alex is a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Little change in strength is likely prior to landfall. Weakening is likely after the center crosses the coastline…and Alex is expected to dissipate over Mexico within 1 to 2 days.

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