TEXAS BOUND: Tropical Storm Don is bound for the Texas coast. The above map reflects the possible paths of the eye of the storm. Note: the map does not reflect the possible vastness of the storm, only the center of the storm.
Tropical Storm Don, the fourth storm of the 2011 hurricane season, is expected to make landfall on the Texas coast sometime Friday night or Saturday morning.
Don's maximum sustained wind as of Wednesday evening was approximately 40 mph and was moving WNW at 12 mph. In order to be upgraded to hurricane status, a tropical storm must reach maximum sustained winds of 74 mph. Tropical depression status requires winds less than 39 mph.
Weather experts hope Don will bring some much needed rainfall to a severely drought-ridden Texas.