(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Hermine pummeled southern Texas Tuesday morning, knocking down trees and bringing the possibility of tornadoes.
As of 5 a.m. ET, Hermine was about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, said. The storm carried maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and was headed north-northwest at about 17 mph (28 km/h).
"Isolated tornadoes are possible across portions of southeast Texas" on Tuesday, the weather agency said.
Joseph Tomaselli, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Brownsville, Texas, said fallen trees, signs, power lines and power poles were reported throughout Brownsville and Cameron County on Tuesday morning. Tomaselli said flooding in Brownsville and Cameron County has also been reported.
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