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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DON LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
813 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...TROPICAL STORM DON TO APPROACH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORECASTS OR IMPACTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUANCE.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JIM HOGG...BROOKS...KENEDY...STARR...HIDALGO...INLAND WILLACY...
INLAND CAMERON...COASTAL WILLACY AND COASTAL CAMERON.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ENTIRE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF
PADRE ISLAND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER NORTH TO
BAFFIN BAY FROM 0 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DON WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 190 MILES
EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS. STORM MOTION WAS WEST NORTHWEST OR 295
DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND WITH INTERMITTENT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO MOVE INLAND MID TO
LATE MORNING. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ACCOMPANY
THESE SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND MORE
FREQUENT RAIN SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTAL REGIONS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. CURRENT TRACK TAKES THE CENTER OF DON JUST
NORTH OF WILLACY COUNTY OR JUST NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD THIS
EVENING AND THEN ACROSS KENEDY AND BROOKS COUNTY OVERNIGHT.


.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 NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE AROUND NOON CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GMZ150-155-170-175-291930-
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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-
813 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORECASTS OR IMPACTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUANCE.

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD STAY IN PORT WITH
THE ANTICIPATION OF RAPID INCREASE IN SEAS AND POSSIBLE QUICK
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
BETWEEN 60 TO 70 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM DON APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN 45 AND
50 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALL THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL
BUILD TO BETWEEN 10 AND 14 FEET IN RESPONSE TO THE STRONG WINDS
TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF WATERSPOUTS WITH STRONGER RAIN
BANDS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SOME WATERSPOUTS COULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND
OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE.

$$

GMZ130-132-135-291930-
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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-
813 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORECASTS OR IMPACTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUANCE.

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD STAY IN PORT WITH
THE ANTICIPATION OF RAPID INCREASE IN SEAS AND POSSIBLE QUICK
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
BETWEEN 50 TO 70 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM DON APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON
MORE FREQUENT THIS EVENING AS THE CORE OF THE STORM MOVES NEAR
PORT MANSFIELD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN
40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALL TONIGHT. EXTREMELY ROUGH
BAY WATERS ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAGUNA MADRE.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF WATERSPOUTS WITH STRONGER RAIN
BANDS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. SOME WATERSPOUTS COULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND AND OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE.

$$

TXZ251-256-257-291930-
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KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
813 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORECASTS OR IMPACTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUANCE.

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
FIRST RAIN BANDS COULD ARRIVE BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON THEN
STEADILY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATTER
HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT AS THE MAIN CORE OF DON MOVES INLAND.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO
7 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF CENTER OF DON.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
WITH POOR DRAINAGE. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS WITH VERY POOR DRAINAGE
MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 3 FEET. OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
WILL HAVE WATER RISES OF 1 FOOT.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM DON APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH FREQUENT
HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE CORE OF THE STORM WITH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
AND HIGHER GUSTS 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTER OF DON. 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...
THERE IS LOW RISK OF TORNADOES TO OCCUR WITHIN STRONGER RAIN
BANDS. OUTER RAIN BANDS COULD MOVE INLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH MORE FREQUENT RAIN BANDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS CAN AND DO OCCUR WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL WITH A STORM TIDE RUNNING ONLY 1 TO 2 FEET. HIGH
TIDE IS EXPECTED AROUND 604 AM SATURDAY MORNING ONCE THE CENTER
OF DON HAS MOVED INLAND. LARGE POUNDING SURF IS ANTICIPATED AS
THE CENTER OF DON APPROACHES.

COASTAL RESIDENTS IN TYPICAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS CAN EXPECT TIDAL
RUN UP AND PERHAPS SOME OVERWASH DURING HIGH TIDE. WAVE ACTION IN
EXPOSED AREAS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO PIERS...DOCKS...AND BOATS.
OTHER COASTAL LOCATIONS SHOULD EXPERIENCE MINIMAL IMPACT.

$$

TXZ254-255-291930-
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INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
813 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORECASTS OR IMPACTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUANCE.

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
FIRST RAIN BANDS COULD ARRIVE BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM THEN STEADILY
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE
AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS THE MAIN CORE OF DON MOVES INLAND.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO
7 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF CENTER OF DON.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
WITH POOR DRAINAGE. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS WITH VERY POOR DRAINAGE
MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 3 FEET. OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
WILL HAVE WATER RISES OF 1 FOOT.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM DON APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH FREQUENT
HIGHER GUSTS. 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...
THERE IS LOW RISK OF TORNADOES TO OCCUR WITHIN STRONGER RAIN
BANDS. OUTER RAIN BANDS COULD MOVE INLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH MORE FREQUENT RAIN BANDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS CAN AND DO OCCUR WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

$$

TXZ249-250-252-253-291930-
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JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO-
813 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FORECASTS OR IMPACTS FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUANCE.

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
FIRST RAIN BANDS COULD ARRIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM THEN STEADILY
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE
AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS THE MAIN CORE OF DON MOVES INLAND.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO
7 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF CENTER OF DON.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
WITH POOR DRAINAGE. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS WITH VERY POOR DRAINAGE
MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 3 FEET. OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
WILL HAVE WATER RISES OF 1 FOOT.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM DON APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE STORM. WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN STRONGER SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE. 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...
THERE IS LOW RISK OF TORNADOES TO OCCUR WITHIN STRONGER RAIN
BANDS. OUTER RAIN BANDS COULD MOVE INLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH MORE FREQUENT RAIN BANDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS CAN AND DO OCCUR WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

$$

GB




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