[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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Wed Jul 23 21:38:45 CDT 2008


WTUS84 KCRP 240236 CCA
HLSCRP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE DOLLY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
509 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

CORRECTED TO FIX THE NUECES AND KLEBERG GROUP

...DOLLY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND OVER DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS...

GMZ230-250-270-250100-
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BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
509 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY IS NOW LOCATED ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS...OR AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH
INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO
PORT O'CONNOR.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE BAYS AND
NEARSHORE WATERS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...OR 85 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MOVEMENT
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970
MILLIBARS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DOLLY TO
COMPLETION. SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS IN THE OUTER BANDS OF DOLLY WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING. A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF
DOLLY MOVES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

TXZ242-243-250100-
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/O.NEW.KNHC.TR.W.1004.080723T2100Z-000000T0000Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-
509 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY IS NOW LOCATED ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS...OR AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH
INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO
PORT O'CONNOR.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE BAYS AND
NEARSHORE WATERS.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KLEBERG AND NUECES COUNTIES
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...OR 85 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MOVEMENT
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970
MILLIBARS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DOLLY TO
COMPLETION. SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

SWELLS FROM DOLLY HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO AFFECT THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COAST BEACHES. TIDES REMAIN AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT BOB
HALL PIER. THIS IS CAUSING FLOODING OF AREA BEACHES. IN ADDITION...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. BEACH ACCESS ROADS IN NUECES
COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO VEHICLES. WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG NORTH PADRE AND MUSTANG
ISLANDS. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL BE AT 842 PM TONIGHT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AS SHOWERS...SQUALLS...AND RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY CONTINUE TO MOVE
INLAND INTO SOUTH TEXAS. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER
THE AREA AND SOILS BECOME SATURATED. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS THROUGH
THURSDAY WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS KLEBERG AND
NUECES COUNTIES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS HIGHER AMOUNTS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS IN THE OUTER BANDS OF DOLLY WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING. A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF
DOLLY MOVES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

GMZ235-255-275-250100-
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BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
509 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY IS NOW LOCATED ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS...OR AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH
INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO
PORT O'CONNOR.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE BAYS AND
NEARSHORE WATERS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...OR 85 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MOVEMENT
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970
MILLIBARS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DOLLY TO
COMPLETION. SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS IN THE OUTER BANDS OF DOLLY WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING. A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF
DOLLY MOVES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

TXZ244>247-250100-
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SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
509 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY IS NOW LOCATED ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS...OR AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN SAN
PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAN PATRICIO...
ARANSAS...REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SAN PATRICIO COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...
REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...OR 85 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MOVEMENT
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970
MILLIBARS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS
GARBAGE CANS AND GARDEN TOOLS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CASH
IN CASE POWER GOES OUT AND ATM'S DO NOT WORK.

WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT
OUTDOOR ITEMS COULD BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING DAMAGE AND
PERHAPS INJURY. SOME AREAS COULD HAVE POWER OUTAGES...SOME POWER
POLES COULD BE PULLED DOWN.

FINALLY...MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

SWELLS FROM DOLLY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST
BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF AREA
BEACHES ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WATER LEVELS 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL BE AT 842 PM TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT
PORT O'CONNOR WILL BE AT 948 PM TONIGHT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY...AS SHOWERS...SQUALLS AND RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY
MOVE INLAND. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER SOUTH
TEXAS AND SOILS BECOME SATURATED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING
BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THIS
AREA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS IN THE OUTER BANDS OF DOLLY WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING. A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF
DOLLY MOVES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

TXZ240-241-240500-
/O.CON.KCRP.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080724T0500Z/
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
509 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT TONIGHT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY IS NOW LOCATED ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS...OR AROUND 50 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN JIM
WELLS AND DUVAL COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...OR 85 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MOVEMENT
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970
MILLIBARS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION. STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT
OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND GARDEN TOOLS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
PLENTY OF CASH IN CASE POWER GOES OUT AND ATM'S DO NOT WORK.

WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR
ITEMS COULD BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING DAMAGE AND PERHAPS
INJURY. SOME AREAS COULD HAVE POWER OUTAGES...SOME POWER POLES
COULD BE PULLED DOWN.

FINALLY...MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY LOCAL
OFFICIALS.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE EYE UP TO 120
MILES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL EXTEND INTO JIM WELLS AND
DUVAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS DOLLY MOVES INLAND.

...INLAND FLOODING...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AS SHOWERS...SQUALLS AND RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY MOVE INLAND INTO
SOUTH TEXAS. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE AREA AND
SOILS BECOME SATURATED. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS THROUGH THURSDAY WILL
AVERAGE BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS JIM WELLS AND DUVAL COUNTIES
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS IN THE OUTER BANDS OF DOLLY WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING. A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF
DOLLY MOVES ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

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