HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--BP PLC (BP) said Thursday it has evacuated some non-essential workers from its operations in the Gulf of Mexico due to bad weather caused by a tropical depression in the area. BP spokesman Daren Beaudo said the company's production hasn't been impacted and that workers will be redeployed latter in the day. The tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening to grow into a storm. Tropical storm warnings were issued for the coast of the southern U.S. state of Texas and northeastern Mexico. U.S. meteorologists forecast the system would cut through the Gulf along a similar track as last week's Hurricane Alex and hit the U.S.-Mexico coastline by late Thursday. -By Isabel Ordonez, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-314-6090 (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 08, 2010 10:14 ET (14:14 GMT)