[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED TO EXTEND TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

...HURRICANE EMILY HAS MADE LANDFALL OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS GULF
COAST FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO BROWNSVILLE...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT HIDALGO AND STARR
COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 1 PM
TODAY...
...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD HAS
BEEN DISCONTINUED...
...THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND
BROOKS COUNTIES HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS ACROSS
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE WHICH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: HIDALGO...CAMERON...WILLACY AND STARR.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 10 AM CDT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR ALL
OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM CDT FOR
ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY IS OPEN FROM
PORT ISABEL TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. PLEASE CHECK WITH LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR THE CITY OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND PRIOR TO
RETURNING. NO OTHER EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN DECLARED FOR CAMERON...
WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND...PORT ISABEL...AND PORT MANSFIELD ALTHOUGH STORM SHELTERS
REMAIN OPEN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EMILY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.0 WEST OR ABOUT 65
MILES...SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MATAMOROS MEXICO AND ABOUT 75 MILES...
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS 955 MILLIBARS.

EMILY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. EMILY
WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS INLAND TODAY.

PRELIMINARY WEATHER INFORMATION COLLECTED INDICATED SUSTAINED WINDS
AT BROWNSVILLE OF 48 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 63 MPH. HARLINGEN REPORTED
WINDS OF 51 MPH GUSTING TO 59 MPH AND MCALLEN REPORTED WINDS OF 38
MPH AND GUSTS TO 47 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 10 AM CDT INCLUDE
2.01 INCHES AT BROWNSVILLE...1.81 INCHES AT MCALLEN AND 2.54 INCHES
AT HARLINGEN.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
WITH AT TORNADO NEAR RIO HONDO TEXAS. ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE
REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM CITY OFFICIAL ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. MOST
DAMAGE HAS BEEN ISOLATED AND ADDITIONAL REPORTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WAS AT 616 AM CDT RISING TO 1.7 FEET ABOVE
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER LEVEL. AS THE TIDE RECEDES AND GIVEN THE
CURRENT POSITION OF EMILY...STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED GRADUAL
DECREASE AS SWELL TRAJECTORY MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH.
THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE...AND VERY ROUGH SURF WILL PRODUCE
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG SOUTH AND EAST FACING SHORES OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND TODAY. WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE FROM THE BROWNSVILLE
SHIP CHANNEL AND LAGUNA MADRE THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 10 AM CDT...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH HURRICANE EMILY HAVE
DROPPED FROM NEAR 125 MPH TO 100 MPH. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND
SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL AREAS FROM PORT MANSFIELD
TO BROWNSVILLE.

...OTHER IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS HIGH AS EMILY CONTINUES TO CHURN THE
WEST GULF WATERS. SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE
SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH EXTREMELY ROUGH
SURF ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH HURRICANE EMILY.
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY FROM MERCEDES
TO ZAPATA TEXAS. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGER POSED BY
FLOODING RAINS. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. REMEMBER...
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM CDT.

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