 Auto Parts. I'm Matt Piper. Barrel is on its way to Texas. Currently a tropical storm. It's about 300 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, and projected to make final landfall as a Cat 1 hurricane by Monday morning. KVEO-TV's Brian Svedson is in Corpus Christi. One of the visitors to the area, Maribel Rodriguez from San Antonio, says her family has been here since Thursday. She says she's sticking with her original plan of leaving Sunday, but some others she came with had their reservations.