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Alex blows into hurricane strength in western Gulf (AP)

June 30th, 2010

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows a band of clouds stretching from the East Coast and across the Southeast. A stationary front hovers over the region, while strong onshore flow from the Gulf pushes in warm and moist air. This brings scattered storms to the region. Meanwhile, to the south, thick clouds cover the Gulf of Mexico, produced by Tropical Storm Alex. While this storm has not yet reached hurricane strength, it continues creating organized storms that are expected to intensify as it moves over the warm waters of the Gulf. The system will make landfall near Rio Grande by Wednesday evening, thus spreading severe storms with strong winds and heavy rains over southern Texas and the Gulf states.(AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Alex has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and is churning through the western Gulf, taking aim at the Mexico-Texas border and far away from the massive oil spill.


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