Waterlogged Texas was getting set for another soaking as Tropical Storm Bill barreled towards the coast on Tuesday morning.
Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth warned that "the biggest calling card for Bill should be heavy rains and flooding," but said "anybody who lives in a low lying area should make plans not to be in that low lying areas" after the storm hits.
Texas is still recovering from record rains and flooding that killed dozens in May.
Bill was expected to make landfall between 10 a.m. and noon (11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET), with high winds and heavy surf hitting a wide swathe of coastline from the city of Victoria in Texas, southwest of Houston, to Lake Charles in Louisiana, Roth said.
Southeastern Texas would see between 4 and 8 inches of rain by the end of Wednesday, with some areas getting as much as 12 inches, Roth added.
Texas' eastern half was under flood watches, and the southeastern quarter of the state was under a watch through Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.
On Monday, school districts in Galveston and the suburbs of southern Houston canceled classes for Tuesday, according to the AP.
-NBC News/Weather Channel
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