 In Quintana Roo , 5 @,@ 000 people from Chetumal and surrounding low @-@ lying areas were forced to evacuate to 30 shelters . Offshore along a coral reef , about 50 fishermen stayed on a coral reef during the storm . In the Bay of Campeche , Pemex evacuated about 6 @,@ 300 workers from its offshore oil platforms . Officials in Yucatán and Veracruz declared states of emergency . When Keith reached the Gulf of Mexico and began re @-@ intensifying , a hurricane warning was issued from Tuxpan to Matamoros in northeastern Mexico , with a tropical storm watch issued northward to Port Mansfield , Texas . About 3 @,@ 000 residents in Tamaulipas evacuated to 250 shelters , and in neighboring Veracruz , about 175 people left their houses before the storm struck . The threat of Hurricane Keith caused Mexican authorities to close most ports along the gulf coast , and many schools in the area were closed . 
