[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
115 PM CDT THU SEP 22 2005

...HURRICANE RITA SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT
MANSFIELD...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO
BROWNSVILLE...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR KENEDY COUNTY...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WILLACY AND CAMERON
COUNTIES...

...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: KENEDY...WILLACY...AND CAMERON COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 1PM CDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT
MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
PORT MANSFIELD TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR KENEDY COUNTY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES. AN
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR KENEDY COUNTY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5
NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.2 WEST OR ABOUT 515 MILES EAST OF PORT ISABEL
OR 525 MILES EAST OF BROWNSVILLE. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS
915 MILLIBARS. RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
TURNING MORE TO THE NORTHWEST.

...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...SWELL ACTION GENERATED BY RITA HAS ARRIVED ALONG THE
BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. COASTAL BEACH FLOODING AND DANGEROUS
SURF CONDITIONS WITH DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ARE AFFECTING SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND AND THE BEACHES OF CAMERON COUNTY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER AND
OBEY ALL WARNINGS POSTED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. CURRENT LOW TIDE
CONDITIONS EXIST WITH BEACHES AND BEACH ACCESS FLOODING. HIGH TIDE
IS PREDICTED FOR 10 PM CDT TONIGHT AND THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TIDE
AND INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM RITA WILL CAUSE SEA WATER TO
INUNDATE THE BEACHES AND DUNES ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.  THE LARGE
AMOUNT OF WATER BEING FORCED INTO THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WILL CAUSE
FLOODING OF BEACHES AND BEACH ACCESS ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 1 PM CDT...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH RITA ARE 150 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE MAY BEGIN IMPACTING
THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FRIDAY.

...OTHER IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS HIGH AS SWELL ACTION AND HEAVY SURF
BEGIN TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE STATEMENT REGARDING RITA WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4
PM CDT.

$$

VANSPEYBROECK






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