[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1042 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007

...TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO CONTINUES MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST TOWARD
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND IS BECOMING A THREAT FOR ONLY THE FAR EASTERN
COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM PORT O'CONNOR TO SARGENT HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BRAZORIA...FORT
BEND...HARRIS AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...
HARRIS...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES.

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

BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...LIBERTY...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF SARGENT TEXAS
TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CHAMBERS...GALVESTON
AND LIBERTY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND
LIBERTY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.6 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES... 40 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 45
MILES... 70 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
SHOULD BE CROSSING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA EARLY
ON THURSDAY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS...AND WINDS COULD BE APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE OVER A
SMALL AREA CLOSE TO WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.

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

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 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 3 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 THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ACROSS CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND LIBERTY COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND 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.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 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.       2.0 FEET.
CLEAR LAKE ENTRANCE...
              WED 11:46 PM.       2.0 FEET.
EAGLE POINT...
              WED  9:35 PM.       2.5 FEET.
              THU 10:36 PM.       1.1 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...
              THU  5:54 AM.       3.0 FEET.
              THU  6:56 PM.       1.5 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
              THU  5:40 AM.       3.0 FEET.
              THU  6:42 PM.       1.5 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
              THU  4:34 AM.       3.1 FEET.
              THU  5:36 PM.       2.3 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...
              THU  8:18 AM.       2.5 FEET.
              THU  9:20 PM.       1.1 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...
              THU  5:31 AM.       2.7 FEET.
              THU  6:33 PM.       1.3 FEET.
FREEPORT...
              THU  4:56 AM.       3.0 FEET.
              THU  5:58 PM.       2.0 FEET.

NOTE:  TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

...WINDS...
STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF GALVESTON...CHAMBERS
AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY
IN AREAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM GALVESTON TO MONT BELVIEU TO
DAISETTA. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE AS HUMBERTO EXITS THE AREA
ON THURSDAY MORNING.

...RAINFALL...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PRIMARILY THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THROUGH THURSDAY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND LIBERTY COUNTIES.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND
LIBERTY COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 200 AM CDT THURSDAY.

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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