[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
125 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER NINE STRENGTHENS TO TROPICAL
STORM HUMBERTO IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO... |

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

BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...
...WHARTON...FORT BEND...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...
AND POLK

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS
TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 59 UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY ALONG
AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM EDNA TO EL CAMPO TO HOUSTON TO
CONROE TO LIVINGSTON.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.1 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES...115 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 145
MILES...235 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO SHOULD BE
CROSSING THE TEXAS COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 45 MPH...75
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANDFALL.  THE EARLIER AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE FOR MECHANICAL
REASONS...BUT A SECOND AIRCRAFT IS EXPECTED TO REACH HUMBERTO
WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. REMEMBER
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
LOOSE ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS SHOULD
ALSO BE SECURED OR PICKED UP.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1-3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.

LOCATION      HIGH TIDE TIMES     EXPECTED WATER MAX

MORGANS POINT...
              THU  4:02 AM.       3.2 FEET.
CLEAR LAKE ENTRANCE...
              WED 11:46 PM.       3.2 FEET.
EAGLE POINT...
              WED  9:35 PM.       3.3 FEET.
              THU 10:36 PM.       2.3 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...
              WED  5:55 PM.       3.2 FEET.
              THU  5:54 AM.       3.6 FEET.
              THU  6:56 PM.       2.7 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
              WED  5:41 PM.       3.2 FEET.
              THU  5:40 AM.       3.6 FEET.
              THU  6:42 PM.       2.7 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
              WED  4:35 PM.       3.7 FEET.
              THU  4:34 AM.       4.3 FEET.
              THU  5:36 PM.       3.5 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...
              WED  8:19 PM.       3.4 FEET.
              THU  8:18 AM.       3.7 FEET.
              THU  9:20 PM.       2.8 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...
              WED  5:32 PM.       2.0 FEET.
              THU  5:31 AM.       2.4 FEET.
              THU  6:33 PM.       2.2 FEET.
FREEPORT...
              WED  4:57 PM.       3.7 FEET.
              THU  4:56 AM.       4.0 FEET.
              THU  5:58 PM.       3.2 FEET.
PORT O CONNOR...
              WED  7:34 PM.       2.6 FEET.
              THU  7:30 AM.       2.9 FEET.
              THU  9:02 PM.       2.1 FEET.

NOTE:  TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

...WINDS...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST BETWEEN SARGENT AND HIGH ISLAND THIS EVENING.
AREAS ALONG THE GALVESTON BAY SHORELINE WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE WINDS
INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS BETWEEN 40
AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS MOVING INLAND FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
COASTAL AREAS.

INLAND AREAS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE WIND
SPEEDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS.

AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 59 ACROSS WHARTON...FORT BEND...HARRIS
AND LIBERTY COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 25
AND 40 MPH....WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS.

...RAINFALL...
ALONG AND EAST OF A SARGENT TO HOUSTON TO LIVINGSTON LINE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL AREAS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT...ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A SARGENT TO HOUSTON TO
LIVINGSTON LINE.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM 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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