[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...CORRECTED THE EXPIRATION TIME OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...

...TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO IS NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST JUST OFF THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST. LANDFALL IS STILL ANTICIPATED BETWEEN GALVESTON
ISLAND AND HIGH ISLAND TONIGHT...

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

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND TO THE
EAST OF A LINE FROM SARGENT TO RICHMOND TO HOUSTON TO CLEVELAND UNTIL
7 AM CDT THURSDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE
FROM SARGENT TO RICHMOND TO HOUSTON TO LIVINGSTON UNTIL 7 AM CDT
THURSDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.8 WEST OR ABOUT 35
MILES... 55 KM...SOUTH OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR.
THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO SHOULD BE CROSSING THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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 998 MB...29.47 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. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO
AVOID TRAVEL TONIGHT DUE TO POSSIBLE FLOODING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...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...
              THU  5:54 AM.       3.6 FEET.
              THU  6:56 PM.       2.7 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
              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...
              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. THE WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND AND INTO THE
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA AFTER 8 PM CDT. THE WINDS SHOULD
GRADUALLY RELAX 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 10 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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