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WTUS84 KBRO 080537
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1237 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO FORMS EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN RIO GRANDE
VALLEY AND THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...KENEDY...COASTAL WILLACY AND COASTAL CAMERON.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...HIDALGO...INLAND WILLACY AND INLAND CAMERON.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES BETWEEN
BAFFIN BAY AND THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE INCLUDING THE LAGUNA
MADRE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.9N...LONGITUDE 93.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 260 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TX...OR ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PORT MANSFIELD TX. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT
14 MPH. PEAK WINDS WERE AT 35 MPH. IF THE STORM CONTINUES TO
INTENSIFY AND WINDS EXCEED 39 MPH...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WILL BE
UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS EARLIER THIS EVENING
OBSERVED A CLOSED CIRCULATION IN THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IN
THE WEST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE
CONDUCIVE FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION THROUGH THURSDAY AND A
TROPICAL STORM MAY FORM. CURRENT FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER INDICATES LANDFALL APPROXIMATELY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING SOMEWHERE NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIO
GRANDE RIVER.

INLAND AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL LEAD TO
FLOODING AS SOILS REMAIN SATURATED FROM LAST WEEKS HEAVY RAINFALL.
THIS MAY BECOME A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION! EXPECT RISES ON THE
ARROYOS...CREEKS AND RESACAS AND CONTINUED RISES ON THE LOWER RIO
GRANDE RIVER BELOW FALCON DAM.

MAIN MARINE IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO AT LANDFALL WILL BE
VERY ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY SQUALLS.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NO VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY EVACUATION OR REMOVAL OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY HAS BEEN ORDERED BY ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT THIS TIME.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE AT OR AROUND 6 AM CDT.

GMZ150-155-170-175-081345-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TR.W.0002.100708T0537Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
1237 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS 0
TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND THURSDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL
BUILD TO 7 FEET BY SUNRISE AND THEN TO 10 FEET BY NOON AND THEN TO
15 FEET BY SUNSET THURSDAY.

$$

GMZ130-132-135-081345-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TR.W.0002.100708T0537Z-000000T0000Z/
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
1237 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE LAGUNA MADRE
FROM BAFFIN BAY TO THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE.

...WINDS AND BAY WATERS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS
THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND
THURSDAY EVENING. WATERS ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE WILL BECOME
EXTREMELY ROUGH DURING THE DAY.

$$

TXZ251-256-257-081345-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TR.W.1002.100708T0537Z-000000T0000Z/
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
1237 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL KENEDY COUNTY
AND ALL OF COASTAL WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY ARRIVE IN GUSTS AS EARLY
AS MIDDAY THURSDAY...WITH STEADIER WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH IN SQUALLS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
SHOWERS AND SQUALLS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INLAND DURING THE MORNING
WITH MORE FREQUENT RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL BE
HEAVY WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF
UP TO 10 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
WAVES AND SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WILL
INCREASE ALREADY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES TO PRODUCE A MINIMAL
STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. SOME SWELLS MIGHT EXCEED
THE DUNES AND FLOOD SOME BEACH ACCESS POINTS.

$$

TXZ253>255-081345-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TI.W.0002.100708T0537Z-100710T0300Z/
HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
1237 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FRIDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO COUNTY
AND INLAND CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
SCATTERED SHOWERS TONIGHT WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WITH HEAVIER
SQUALLS ON DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY WITH
TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10
INCHES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RESIDENTS
CAN PLAN ON THE FOLLOWING IMPACTS:

THIS MAY BECOME A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION! PERSONS LIVING IN OR
NEAR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER EVACUATION IMMEDIATELY.
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL OCCUR IN THESE LOCATIONS. MINOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN OTHER AREAS. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE
EXPECTED.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO APPROACHES THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AS THE
CENTER OF THE CYCLONE NEARS THE COAST...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30
TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN SQUALLS.

$$

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