Tropical Storm Melissa, National Hurricane Center
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The National Hurricane Center is watching out for a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that could send tropical moisture toward Houston next week.
Gabrielle, which had been a tropical storm since the middle of last week, was as of 10 a.m. Tuesday a Category 4 hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, the hurricane center said. Its rotating center was about 390 miles east-northeast of Bermuda, moving east-northeast at 20 mph.
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