 Tropical depression barrel is churning through the Gulf of Mexico, expected to hit the Texas coast late Sunday or early Monday after regaining strength and turning back into a hurricane. Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. We have a storm surge watch that continues in effect all the way from the mouth of the Rio Grande up to High Island, Texas, with a widespread potential for two to four feet of inundation above ground level. But we're most concerned about this area between San Luis Pass and Baffin Bay, including places like Matagorda Bay.