[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TOWARD
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. LANDFALL IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING BETWEEN
9 PM AND 2 AM IN THE GALVESTON ISLAND AREA...

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 NOW IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR
TEXAS TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM SARGENT TO RICHMOND TO HOUSTON TO CLEVELAND UNTIL 7 AM CDT
THURSDAY. THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT
FOR JACKSON AND WHARTON COUNTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY ALONG
AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SARGENT TO RICHMOND TO HOUSTON TO
LIVINGSTON.  THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
JACKSON AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 50
MILES... 80 KM...SOUTH OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A TURN
TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF HUMBERTO SHOULD BE CROSSING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TRACK OF
HUMBERTO THROUGH EASTERN TEXAS AS WELL AS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES
LANDFALL.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT.

...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 2 TO 4 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...
              THU  4:34 AM.       4.5 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...
              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...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY IN AREAS
TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM SARGENT TO RICHMOND TO HOUSTON TO
CLEVELAND...WITH AREAS IN BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...EASTERN
HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES HAVING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OF
SEEING THESE STRONG WINDS. SUSTAINED AND PERSISTENT WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AFTER
6 PM. THE WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND AND INTO THE INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WARNING AREA AFTER 8 PM. THE WINDS SHOULD RELAX GRADUALLY
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND LATE TONIGHT.

...RAINFALL...
ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SARGENT TO HOUSTON TO
LIVINGSTON...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 TO 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 LINE FROM SARGENT TO HOUSTON TO LIVINGSTON.

..NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 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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