[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Thu Jul 8 06:50:39 CDT 2010

WTUS84 KBRO 081150
HLSBRO

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

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO 160 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
BROWNSVILLE...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF .

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

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...HIDALGO...INLAND WILLACY AND INLAND CAMERON.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...BROOKS AND
STARR...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM FLOODING PRODUCED BY HEAVY RAIN
ARE STILL A CONCERN.

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.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8N...LONGITUDE 95.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT
160 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TX...OR ABOUT 190 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PORT MANSFIELD TX. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND NEAR THE TEXAS-MEXICO
BORDER LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE
IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEPRESSION BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM
BEFORE MOVING INLAND.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE DEPRESSION REMAINS WEAK AND POORLY ORGANIZED THIS MORNING.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN LIMITED BUT HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNS
OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CENTER. THE
DEPRESSION CONTINUES TO MAKE SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS TO THE
NORTHWEST TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO
REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION DURING THE DAY.
CURRENT FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER INDICATES
LANDFALL SOMETIME LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO
NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.

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.

THERE IS AN LOW CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES INLAND AND
WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AS ST

.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 AROUND AT OR AROUND 11 AM CDT...OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

GMZ150-155-170-175-081715-
/O.CON.KBRO.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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-
650 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER TEXAS
GULF OF MEXICO WATERS BETWEEN 0 AND 60 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PADRE
ISLAND.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS KNOTS LATE THIS
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALL AND THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION.
SEAS THIS MORNING WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 9 FEET AND THEN BUILD
TO 10 TO 14 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INLAND BY THIS EVENING.

$$

GMZ130-132-135-081715-
/O.CON.KBRO.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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-
650 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

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

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

...WINDS AND BAY WATERS...
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS
IN SQUALLS AND NEAR THE CENTER LATER TODAY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INLAND BY THIS EVENING. WATERS ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE
WILL BECOME EXTREMELY ROUGH BY MIDDAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

TXZ251-256-257-081715-
/O.CON.KBRO.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
650 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

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

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

...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.

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

$$

TXZ253>255-081715-
/O.CON.KBRO.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100710T0300Z/
HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
650 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

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

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WITH
HEAVIER SQUALLS DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HOURS. 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 THIS MORNING WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH. 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.

$$

TXZ248>250-252-081715-
/O.NEW.KBRO.HU.S.0001.100708T1150Z-000000T0000Z/
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-
650 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010

...HEAVY RAIN TODAY COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLOODING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HEADING TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS COAST.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAIN AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES
ALONG THE COUNTIES THAT BORDER THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. SCATTERED
SHOWERS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH MORE
NUMEROUS AND FREQUENT SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ONCE THE
CENTER MOVES INLAND. RAPID RUNOFF OF RAIN WILL ALLOW FOR QUICK
RISES IN ARROYOS...CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.

$$

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