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BROWNSVILLE (AP) — South Texans kept a
watchful eye on Hurricane Roxanne Tuesday, but
said it was too early to predict whether the storm
would affect the state’s coast.
“That’s a little too far down in the crystal ball
right now to see,” said Richard Hagan, a meteorolo
gist for the National Weather Service in
Brownsville.
“There is a possibility that it could come directly
our way, that just depends,” Hagan said. “It’s very
obvious with Opal that ... it can change directions
pretty quickly.”
"But this storm is unpredictable. So
we don't know what will happen
until it gets into the Gulf."
— Sylvia Stamps
administrative assistant for city of South Padre Island
Cameron County Parks Director Ken Conway
said officials on South Padre Island also were watch
ing the storm but had not taken any action.
“We’re not seeing any effects yet,” he said. “What
our plan is is to just carefully monitor the progress
of Roxanne. If it becomes a threat, we’ll activate our
hurricane preparedness plan.”
Roxanne — the 17th named storm of the busy
1995 Atlantic hurricane season — formed Monday
south of the Cayman Islands, near where Hurricane
Opal was born. Roxanne is the first “R”-named
storm since the National Hurricane Center started
naming storms in 1950.
Texas Gulf residents have been fortunate this
year in missing most effects of a series of powerful
hurricanes, said Sylvia Stamps, administrative as
sistant for the city of South Padre Island.
“But this storm is very unpredictable,” she
said. “So we don’t know what will happen until it
gets into the Gulf.”
At 10 a.m., Roxanne was centered about 115
miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. The hurricane
was traveling northwest near 8 mph and its top sus
tained wind speed had increased to 105 mph, mak
ing it a strong Category 2 storm on a scale that
peaks at five.
Forecasters said it could strengthen even more
before making landfall.
A hurricane warning was issued for the east
coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Chetumal
north and west to Progreso. Civil authorities de
clared an emergency alert, warning skippers of fish
ing boats to return to port, the official Notimex news
agency said.
On Monday, people in the Florida Keys had been
urged to monitor Roxanne, but forecasters
that caution to Texas.
"The Keys are off the hook,” said Max
hurricane specialist with the National Hurricane
Center in Miami. “It looks like most of the computer
models take it westward across the Yucatan into
mainland Mexico. Some say it may turn in the gen
eral vicinity of South Texas.”
But whether the storm is headed for the Texas
coast won’t be known until later in the week, Ha
gan said.
“I’d tell people to just keep an eye on the
news. Mainly, just go over your plans once again,
what you might do if a hurricane was headed our
way,” he said.
No watches or warnings had been issued for the
Texas coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard in
Corpus Christi.
“We’re still just keeping an eye on it. Once it
crosses the Yucatan, we’ll update our information
here,” said Coast Guard spokesman Joe Bynum.
Texas coastal residents were put on alert when
Opal crashed into Mexico’s Gulf Coast last Monday,
It strengthened further over the Gulf of Mexico be
fore slamming into the Florida Panhandle, destroy
ing hundreds of homes and businesses, killing at
least 20 people in four states and causing Sl.8 bil
lion in damage to insured property.
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