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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DON LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
713 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

...DON JOGS TEMPORARILY WESTWARD...EXPECTED TO RESUME A
WEST-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST MOTION TONIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED LATEST STORM POSITION AND DETAILS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LAND
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE UPPER
TEXAS BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JACKSON...MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TEXAS BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DON WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.7N...LONGITUDE 91.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 370 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MATAGORDA TX...OR ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FREEPORT TX. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CONFINED TO THE
MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA MAINLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO
SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER JACKSON AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES.
THE SMALL SIZE AND FAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORM ALONG WITH THE
ONGOING SEVERE DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN A LOW RISK OF FLOODING.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF
MATAGORDA AND JACKSON COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS OVER
40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF MATAGORDA BAY.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE
PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...
PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR
LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON AROUND 11 PM CDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

TXZ235>237-300015-
/O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA-
713 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

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

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL.

TIDE LEVELS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT WESTWARD AND
ALONG THE SHORELINE OF MATAGORDA BAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN MAXIMUM
WATER LEVELS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.

WAVE RUN UP WILL BE A FACTOR AS THE SURF BUILDS...POSSIBLY PUSHING WATERS
CLOSE TO THE DUNES. ONLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED...IMPACTING
BEACHES AND POSSIBLY SECONDARY ROADS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE.
LITTLE IF ANY HOUSE INUNDATION IS EXPECTED. SWIMMERS ALONG THE BEACH
SHOULD BE AWARE RIP CURRENTS WILL BECOME A HAZARD AS WAVES INCREASE
IN SIZE. SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED AND
CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

NOTE...THE FOLLOWING HIGH TIDE TIMES AND FORECAST LEVELS ARE REFERENCED
FROM MEAN SEA LEVEL.

FREEPORT USCG...

FRI 5:06 AM 1.8 FEET

SAT 5:26 AM 2.7 FEET

PORT O CONNOR...

FRI 11:02 AM 1.4 FEET

SAT 11:38 AM 2.0 FEET

$$

GMZ330-350-370-300015-
/O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
713 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM DON APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED
TO BUILD THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY INTO THE 6 TO 12 FEET RANGE AND PERSIST
INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

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