(The Weather Channel)

Tropical Storm Bill is headed toward a landfall this morning along the Texas coast
and is poised to deliver more torrential rain and flash flooding to flood-weary 
parts of the South.

Before that happens, Bill's wind field is already triggering coastal flooding in
 Texas. Highway 87 was closed early Tuesday morning from Gilchrist to highway 124
on the east edge of the Bolivar Peninsula due to debris on the road.

Galveston County emergency management reported yards were flooded in parts of Hitchcock
and Bayou Vista, across the bay from Galveston Island.

The peak storm surge will occur as the center moves inland this morning, coinciding
with an early morning high tide along the Upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts.

Winds were already gusting over 50 mph on offshore oil rigs. Tropical storm-force
winds will spread ashore this morning as the center moves inland.

Expect the highest gusts, over 50 mph in a few spots, to occur, primarily to the
 east of the center from Matagorda Bay to Galveston and areas near Galveston Bay.
Some trees, tree limbs may be downed and a some power outages are possible in these
areas.