[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
733 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...ERIN HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION AS IT MADE LANDFALL
BETWEEN ROCKPORT AND LAMAR EARLIER THIS MORNING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ERIN HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION AND ALL TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

BRAZORIA...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7PM TODAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE TEXAS
COAST HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN IS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.2 WEST...NEAR LAMAR
TEXAS OR ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19
KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...BRINGING THE CENTER
FARTHER INLAND TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES
OVER LAND TODAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST
TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND KEEP
INFORMED ON THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN. THE MAIN THREAT TO
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST WILL BE HEAVY RAINS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE EXPECTED AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL THURSDAY MORNING TO
AVERAGE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COAST SOUTH OF SAN LUIS
PASS AND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL NORTH OF SAN LUIS PASS. SOME MINOR
BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE.

LOCATION      HIGH TIDE TIMES     EXPECTED WATER MAX

MORGANS POINT...
              THU  5:40 PM.       2.4 FEET.
CLEAR LAKE ENTRANCE...
              THU  1:24 PM.       2.8 FEET.
EAGLE POINT...
              THU 11:13 AM.       2.9 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...
              THU  7:49 PM.       2.7 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
              THU  7:35 PM.       2.7 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
              THU  6:29 PM.       3.2 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...
              THU  9:57 AM.       3.4 FEET.
              THU 10:13 PM.       2.3 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...
              THU  7:26 PM.       2.5 FEET.
FREEPORT...
              THU  6:51 PM.       3.5 FEET.
PORT O CONNOR...
              THU 10:04 AM.       2.8 FEET.
              THU  8:46 PM.       2.4 FEET.

NOTE:  TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

...WINDS...
WINDS OVER MATAGORDA BAY HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH AS ERIN
HAS MOVED INLAND. WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE ALONG THE COAST
THROUGH THE MORNING.

...RAINFALL...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM ON THURSDAY. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 AM CDT.

FOR MORE TROPICAL WEATHER INFORMATION...SEE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV OR THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX.

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