[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...HURRICANE EMILY MOVING WEST IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA
MADRE ORIENTAL RANGE...
...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 6 PM
TODAY...

...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 1 PM CDT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR ALL
OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CDT FOR
ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EMILY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.7 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES...EAST SOUTHEAST
OF MONTERREY MEXICO AND ABOUT 85 MILES...SOUTHWEST OF MCALLEN TEXAS.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 975 MILLIBARS.

EMILY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 12 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. RECENT THREE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 1 PM
CDT INCLUDE 3.80 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY INCLUDING
MCALLEN.

REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WESLACO 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...
AT 1 PM CDT...STORM SURGE AND TIDES CONTINUE TO DECREASE ALONG THE
BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WIND DRIVEN WAVE OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL
CONTINUE TO GENERATE ROUGH SURF CONDITION THROUGH THIS EVENING.
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 1 PM CDT...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH HURRICANE EMILY HAVE
DROPPED TO 80 MPH. A STEADY DECREASE IN WIND SPEED IS EXPECTED
TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO BROWNSVILLE.

...OTHER IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS HIGH AS THE EFFECTS OF EMILY CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN
THE COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH ROUGH SURF ALONG THE
BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AS EMILY DETERIORATES IN THE FOOTHILLS
OF THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. 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 4 PM CDT.

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