1st Tropical Storm Crawls Toward Coast
From Times Wire Reports
Tropical Storm Allison, the first named system in the Atlantic hurricane season, took slow aim at the southeast Texas coast.
The National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning for a 280-mile-long stretch of coastline from Sargent, Texas, to Morgan City in southwestern Louisiana.
The storm, with sustained winds of up to 60 mph, was stalled about 60 miles south-southwest of Galveston. Forecasters warned of gusty winds and heavy rains.
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