[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KBRO 151032
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TXZ251-254>257-151600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
532 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...DEPRESSION REMAINS DISORGANIZED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF BUT
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN LATER TODAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TO BAFFIN BAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS AND THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE INCLUDING KENEDY...WILLACY...AND
CAMERON COUNTIES.

...WATCHES...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TO BAFFIN
BAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 AM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.8 WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 380 MILES EAST OF LA
PESCA MEXICO.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR THE
LOWER OR MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE
DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM PRIOR TO MAKING
LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL NEWS SOURCES AND FOLLOW
THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE IS WIND AND
RAIN. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS NEED TO BE PREPARED
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING.

...WINDS...
WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF KENEDY COUNTY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH COULD THEN SPREAD INLAND
TO SECTIONS OF BROOKS AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR KENEDY COUNTY AS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FIVE NEARS LAND. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE POSTED
TODAY FOR AREAS THAT MAY BE AT RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN. ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY ON
THURSDAY BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THE DEPRESSION.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE AS HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES
DEVELOP ALONG LOCAL BEACHES. HEAVY SURF AND SWELL WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS BEACH CONDITIONS.

...HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...
ANY STORM SURGE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WILL ADD
TO ASTRONOMICAL TIDES CREATING A STORM TIDE. OBSERVED TIDES AT PORT
ISABEL ARE NOW TRENDING HIGHER AND ARE ABOUT ONE HALF OF A FOOT
ABOVE PREDICTED. AT TIDES ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE HIGH TIDE...OR AT
ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS ON GULF
BEACHES. AT TIDES TWO FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE OR AT ABOUT THREE FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL...GULF BEACHES ARE AWASH TO THE DUNES. THUS
AT HIGH TIDE SOME BEACH FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT STATEMENT REGARDING TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WILL BE
ISSUED AROUND 11 AM CDT.

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