[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KCRP 151547
HLSCRP
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-152200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1047 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO HAS REACHED
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM ERIN. THE STORM
WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST ON THURSDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE RESIDENTS OF
ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO
COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MIDDLE
TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR. THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 1030 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM ERIN WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 25.6
NORTH AND LONGITUDE 93.5 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES EAST OF
BROWNSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.
THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND BROWNSVILLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS UP TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA REGION
BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS WELL
AS BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR ADDITIONAL COUNTIES LATER TODAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE FOOT TO AS HIGH AS 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL
PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
THURSDAY. THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS ARE TONIGHT AT
525 PM AND THURSDAY MORNING AT 643 AM. THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT
PORT OCONNOR ARE TONIGHT AT 703 PM AND THURSDAY MORNING AT 1004
AM.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH. A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING
IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE NEAR AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER AT THE TIME
OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS
RECEIVED LAST MONTH AND THE FACT THAT SEVERAL RIVERS REMAIN IN
FLOOD...FLOODING WILL BE A STRONG POSSIBILITY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 200 PM CDT.

$$

REYNOLDS



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