Texas Under Hurricane Watch

The southeast coast of Texas was put on hurricane watch Monday as Tropical Storm Dolly moved west over the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters in Miami said.

At 11 a.m., Dolly had cleared Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and was about 55 miles north-northeast of Progreso, Mexico, moving west-northwest near 18 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Dolly had winds of 50 mph and 65 mph gusts, the report said. Strengthening was expected, and the Mexican government issued a hurricane watch from Rio San Fernando to the U.S. border.

Dolly was expected to produce rain accumulations of 2 to 4 inches across the northern Yucatan Peninsula.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Cristobal, which formed Friday, strengthened and was 190 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., moving northeast at 13 mph with 65 mph winds and 75 mph gusts, forecasters said.

Heavy swells were reported along the U.S. eastern seaboard and the storm’s projected path showed it nearing Nova Scotia, Canada, Tuesday. The Canadian Hurricane Center issued an advisory Monday saying it was also monitoring Cristobal.