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WTUS84 KCRP 071325
HLSCRP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
825 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...HERMINE CONTINUES TO SPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN
PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO AND CALHOUN.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...DUVAL AND JIM
WELLS.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS AND THE
MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.7N...LONGITUDE 98.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 70 MILES
WEST OF PORT ARANSAS TX OR NEAR ALICE TEXAS. STORM MOTION WAS
NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT 17 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45
MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR ALICE TEXAS
IN JIM WELLS COUNTY AT 7 AM AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LIVE OAK AND
MCMULLEN COUNTIES THROUGH MID MORNING. HERMINE WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY
TODAY...BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A WEAK TROPICAL STORM INTO
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DUE TO THE SLIGHT RIGHTWARD SHIFT IN TRACK OF
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE AND INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...TROPICAL
STORM WIND WARNINGS WERE EXTENDED INTO LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE
OAK...AND BEE COUNTIES EARLIER THIS MORNING. AT LEAST MINIMAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOW EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH
TEXAS EXCEPT VICTORIA AND WEBB COUNTIES AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EVEN AS FAR EAST AS PORT
O'CONNOR AND PORT LAVACA. SOME MINOR DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND ADJACENT BRUSH COUNTRY
COUNTIES TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS
SYSTEM EAST OF INTERSTATE 37 WILL BE FROM FLOODING AS COPIOUS
TROPICAL MOISTURE SPREADS INTO SOUTH TEXAS NEAR THE CENTER AND ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM. THE HIGHEST EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 12 INCH TOTALS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 37. FURTHER WEST...EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS
ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND ADJACENT BRUSH COUNTRY AREAS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN 2 TO 5 INCHES AND THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY WILL NOW
LIKELY RECEIVE LESS THAN 2 INCHES FOR THIS EVENT. THEREFORE...IT
IS BECOMING MORE APPARENT ONLY MINIMAL RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE GIVEN THE MORE EASTWARD TRACK HERMINE AS TAKEN. IN
ADDITION ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED WITH WATER LEVELS
REACHING 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL ALONG THE BARRIER
ISLANDS AND 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IN THE BAYS.


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

THE MAIN IMPACT FROM HERMINE WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLOODING. MANY SECONDARY ROADS AND SOME HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME
FLOODED DURING THIS EVENT AND TRAVEL TODAY IS DISCOURAGED. CREEKS
AND RIVERS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED AS WELL...AND
RESIDENTS LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND SPEEDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAMPERS TODAY. ANY
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES SENSITIVE TO STRONG WINDS SHOULD NOT
RESUME UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI AROUND 12 PM CDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

TXZ242>247-071800-
/O.CON.KCRP.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100908T0000Z/
/O.CON.KCRP.TR.W.1010.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
825 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS. UPDATED INLAND FLOODING SECTIONS TO
PINPOINT AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 37 FOR HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
UPDATED WINDS TO LOWER WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

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

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. REMAIN ALERT AND STAY
INSIDE IF POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD OR TORNADO
WARNINGS.

NUECES COUNTY COASTAL PARKS ARE CLOSED. ALL BEACHES AND MANY
BEACH ACCESS ROADS AND PARKING LOTS ARE FLOODED DUE TO STORM
SURGE. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED WATER REACHING LOW LYING
ROADS AT INDIAN POINT...NORTH BEACH AND INGLESIDE BY THE BAY.
CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR ADVISORIES BY LOCAL OFFICIALS AS
THEY RELATE TO LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER MATTERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA ARE CLOSED FOR THE DAY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD CHECK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. AS OF 7
AM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 37 WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE
MAINLY ACROSS AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 37. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO
OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...
SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN
AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF
NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IN THE COASTAL BEND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 2 TO
4 FOOT RANGE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE...OCCURRING AROUND 230 PM CDT ALONG THE BARRIER ISLAND AND
LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING IN THE BAYS...WILL PRODUCE WATER
LEVELS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL AT AREA BEACHES AND 2 TO 3
FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN THE BAYS.

THESE WATER LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
ACROSS THE REGION. BEACHES...BEACH ACCESS ROADS...AS WELL AS SOME
PARKING LOTS AND PICNIC AREAS WILL BE FLOODED ALONG THE BARRIER
ISLANDS.

SOME OF THE MORE LOW LYING ROADS...WATERFRONT BAIT STANDS AND
AREAS TYPICALLY IMPACTED BY COASTAL FLOODED ALONG AREA BAYS WILL
ALSO LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. SOME OF THESE AREAS INCLUDE ROADS
BETWEEN MAGNOLIA BEACH AND INDIANOLA...LOWEST AREAS OF INGLESIDE
BY THE BAY...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH BEACH AND LAGUNA SHORES DRIVE
IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

$$

TXZ240-241-071800-
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DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
825 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS. UPDATED INLAND FLOODING SECTIONS TO
LOWER RAINFALL TOTALS. UPDATED WINDS TO LOWER WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH.

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

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. REMAIN ALERT AND STAY
INSIDE IF POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD OR TORNADO WARNINGS.

SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA ARE CLOSED FOR THE DAY.
RESIDENTS SHOULD CHECK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. EVENT RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND
BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD
MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY.
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.

$$

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-071800-
/O.CON.KCRP.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
825 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE WIND SPEEDS SLIGHTLY.

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD BE IN PORT AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE DURATION
OF THIS EVENT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SEAS OF 12 TO 17 FEET ARE
OCCURRING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN AT THIS LEVEL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.

$$

TXZ229>232-071800-
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LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-
825 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED INLAND FLOOD SECTION TO DECREASE RAINFALL TOTALS EXPECTED
AND UPDATED WINDS SECTION TO LOWER WIND SPEEDS SLIGHTLY. UPDATED
PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS SECTION.


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

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. REMAIN ALERT AND STAY
INSIDE IF POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD OR TORNADO WARNINGS.

SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA ARE CLOSED FOR THE DAY.
RESIDENTS SHOULD CHECK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. EVENT
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 16 AND 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH ISOLATED ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST
OF HIGHWAY 16. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS LIVE OAK AND
BEE COUNTIES. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE
HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE
CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE... AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY
PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED
PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.

$$

MJG



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