Tropical Depression 13 formed in the Bay of Campeche on Monday morning and has quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Marco. Marco is a tiny storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and is moving to the WNW at about 7 mph.

Marco may flirt with hurricane strength overnight. As a result tropical storm warnings have been issued along the Mexican coast from Cabo Rojo to Punta El Lagarto. A hurricane watch is in effect from Cabo Rojo to Veracruz.

Landfall of the system is expected to occur Tuesday morning along the Mexico coast near Veracruz. From there it should move inland and rain itself out over the mountains.

Tropical Storm Marco made landfall around 10am CDT Tuesday 80 miles to the south-southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico. Marco is a very tiny storm with tropical storm force winds only extending 15 miles out from the center. Maximum sustained winds are 65 mph and it is moving to the west at about 8 miles per hour (as of 10 a.m. CDT).

Tropical storm warning are in effect along the Mexican coast from Cabo Rojo to Veracruz. The hurricane watches have been discontinued for the same area. Now that Marco has made landfall it will quickly die out in the Mexican Mountains.

At 10PM the NCH issued its final advisory.  Marko was breaking up on the slopes of the mountains in Mexico.

 

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