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TROPICAL STORM IVAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
737 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST FROM
NORTH OF SARGENT TO HIGH ISLAND...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKE BY RESIDENTS
OF LIBERTY...CHAMBERS...HARRIS...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES OF
TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
COAST FROM NORTH OF SARGENT TO MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

...STORM INFORMATION...

.LOCATION...
AT 7 AM CDT...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 95
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA.

.MOVEMENT...
TROPICAL STORM IVAN HAS HAS SPED UP OVERNIGHT... NOW MOVING WEST
NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  EXPECT THIS MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL
THIS EVENING.

.WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY
EAST AND NORTH OF THE CENTER. LITTLE OR NO STRENGTHENING IS
ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR
POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM WINDS REACHING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. OUTSIDE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH RECEPTACLES... LAWN
FURNITURE... AND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE PUT INSIDE OR TIED
DOWN TO HELP PREVENT DAMAGE TO WINDOWS AND DOORWAYS. PERSONS LIVING
ALONG THE COAST AND NEAR GALVESTON BAY AT ELEVATIONS OF 6 FEET MSL OR
LESS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SURGE FLOODING DURING THE DAY AND
EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. SOME ROADS NEAR THE COAST AND NEAR GALVESTON
BAY COULD BECOME INUNDATED EARLY THURSDAY MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL WEATHER RADIO AND OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION
OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. FOLLOW ADVISE OF LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDE LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
EAST WINDS HAVE RELAXED SLIGHTLY TONIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
LATER THIS MORNING AND DURING THE DAY CAUSING TIDES TO AGAIN RISE TO
LEVELS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. TIDE LEVELS COULD REACH UP TO 4
FEET ABOVE NORMAL TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANDFALL LOCATION THURSDAY
EVENING. AFTER IVAN MAKES LANDFALL... WINDS WILL GENERALLY BECOME
OFFSHORE AND DIMINISH.  TIDES WILL GRADUALLY ABATE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY.

LOCATION       HIGH TIDE TIME     NORMAL LEVEL      PREDICTED LEVEL

CLEAR LAKE     THU 9:41 AM        1.3 FEET          3.4 FEET

EAGLE POINT    THU 7:30 AM        1.4 FEET          3.7 FEET

FREEPORT       FRI 3:13 AM        2.5 FEET          3.5 FEET

GALVESTON      FRI 3:57 AM        1.9 FEET          3.0 FEET
CHANNEL

JAMAICA        FRI 6:35 AM        1.4 FEET          2.5 FEET
BEACH

PLEASURE PIER  FRI 2:33 AM        2.9 FEET          4.0 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR   FRI 4:11 AM        1.9 FEET          3.4 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS  FRI 3:48 AM        1.6 FEET          2.6 FEET

NOTE: WATER LEVELS ARE REFERENCED TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

REFERENCE LEVELS AND LOCAL EFFECTS ARE PROVIDED BELOW:

...AT 4.0 FEET...
GALVESTON AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA: WATER BEGINS COVERING THE LOWEST
WATERFRONT STREETS ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA...WESTERN GALVESTON ISLAND
AND THE JAMAICA BEACH AREA.

DICKINSON...ROADS NEAR GUM AND DICKINSON BAYOU BELOW THE GOLF COURSE
MAY FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE.

KEMAH AND SEABROOK: WATER BEGINS TO COVER PORTIONS OF TODDVILLE ROAD.
WATER APPROACHES LOWER PORTIONS OF RED BLUFF ROAD BETWEEN BAY AREA
BLVD AND HIGHWAY 146.

CHAMBERS COUNTY: PORTIONS OF WEST BAYSHORE RD BETWEEN ANAHUAC AND OAK
ISLAND BEGIN TO FLOOD. WATER ALSO APPROACHES HIGHWAY 124 BETWEEN
HIGH ISLAND AND FM 1985.

...AT 4.5 FEET...
GALVESTON AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA: PARTS OF HIGHWAY 87 BECOME
IMPASSABLE.

KEMAH AND SEABROOK: PARTS OF TODDVILLE ROAD CLOSED.

CHAMBERS COUNTY: FM 562 NORTHEAST OF SMITH POINT BEGINS FLOODING.

...AT 5.0 FEET...

BRAZORIA COUNTY...
SURFSIDE...WATER APPROACHES DUNES...PORTIONS OF FM 523 BETWEEN
HIGHWAY 332 AND FM 2004 BEGIN TO FLOOD. FM 2918 NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
SAN BERNARD RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD.

GALVESTON COUNTY...
FERRY SERVICE TO AND FROM BOLIVAR CEASES. MANY FEEDER ROADS NEAR THE
BAY BEGIN TO FLOOD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 6 AND I-45 AND HITCHCOCK.

WATER 3 FEET DEEP ALONG TODDVILLE ROAD. WATER MAY GET INTO HOMES
NEAR THE ROAD.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS CURRENTLY ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH
FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHEAST
AND INCREASE TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY REACH THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST NEAR LANDFALL...
MAINLY EAST AND NORTH OF THE STORM CENTER. WINDS EAST OF THE STORM
CENTER WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH AFTER LANDFALL.

...RAINFALL...
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN REACHING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST
THIS AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY SPREAD INLAND OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING
THE EVENING... WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT. EXPECT WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE STORM CENTER.

FOR MORE TROPICAL WEATHER INFORMATION...SEE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV OR THE WEB PAGE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX.

THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM IVAN STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 AM
CDT.

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