- A new tropical storm named BARRY formed over the Gulf of Mexico on 28 June and started moving toward central-eastern Mexico. It made landfall on 30 June very early in the morning over the far northern coastal Veracruz state as a tropical storm, and at 3.00 UTC its centre was located inland approximately 10 km south of the Tampico Alto town, with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h (tropical depression).
- BERRY is forecast to continue inland over Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas states on 30 June, further weakening and dissipating on 1 July.
- Meanwhile, another tropical cyclone named FLOSSIE formed over the North Eastern Pacific Ocean in the very early morning of 30 June and started moving along the coast of south-western Mexico as a tropical storm. It is forecast to strengthen and to reach the category 2 hurricane intensity on 2 July, approximately 330 km west of the Colima state.
- Over the next 72 hours, very heavy rainfall and strong winds are forecast over most of southern and central Mexico.
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