 CBS News Brief. Texas officials are urging coastal residents to brace for a looming hit by barrel as the tropical storm is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico after it trashed Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Friday. Meteorologist Andrew Kozak. It's likely to become a big rain event for much of central Texas. We're talking about one, two, three inches in a few spots, other spots between five and seven inches of rain.