It looks to me like we're home free. But Clayton Simmons of Clute said the weather drove him onto dry land. We didn't even get to the sea. The seas were running about six foot. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Tropical Storm Allison was hovering about 60 miles due south of Freeport as officials throughout Brazoria County kept a wary eye on the storm.
Torrential rains are possible throughout today all over the county.
Rick Perry, Brazoria County's emergency coordinator, said a tornado hit the Alvin area Tuesday afternoon, uprooting trees and downing some power lines, but not causing any major damage. The sheriff's office lost all their Houston phone lines. I think that was part of that. Crouch said the tornado touched down near the Alvin Golf and Country Club. There was stuff everywhere.