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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
705 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2004

...IVAN ABOUT TO CROSS THE COAST NEAR CAMERON LOUISIANA...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SAN LUIS
PASS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKE BY RESIDENTS
OF LIBERTY...CHAMBERS...HARRIS...AND GALVESTON COUNTIES OF TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
COAST FROM SAN LUIS PASS TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...
GALVESTON...HARRIS...HOUSTON...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN
JACINTO...TRINITY AND WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

.LOCATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 70 MILES
EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

.MOVEMENT...
TROPICAL STORM IVAN IS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS BRINING IVAN INLAND
OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE
TONIGHT.

.WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY
NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS
IVAN MOVES INLAND.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDE LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND GALVESTON BAY. ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS RANGE
FROM 2.0 TO 3.2 FEET...WITH A FEW SPOTS ON GALVESTON ISLAND UP TO 4
FEET.

AS IVAN MOVES INLAND TONIGHT OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS OFFSHORE
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND TIDES WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL
LEVELS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

LOCATION       HIGH TIDE TIME     NORMAL LEVEL      PREDICTED LEVEL

CLEAR LAKE     FRI 10:02 AM       1.2 FEET          2.0 FEET

MORGANS POINT  FRI 2:18 PM        1.4 FEET          2.0 FEET

EAGLE POINT    FRI 7:51 AM        1.4 FEET          2.2 FEET

FREEPORT       FRI 3:13 AM        2.5 FEET          3.0 FEET

GALVESTON      FRI 3:57 AM        1.9 FEET          3.0 FEET
CHANNEL

JAMAICA        FRI 6:35 AM        1.4 FEET          2.5 FEET
BEACH

PLEASURE PIER  FRI 2:33 AM        2.9 FEET          3.5 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR   FRI 4:11 AM        1.9 FEET          3.0 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS  FRI 3:48 AM        1.6 FEET          2.1 FEET

NOTE: WATER LEVELS ARE REFERENCED TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

...WIND IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IVAN...TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT MOST LIKELY NEAR THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS.

...RAINFALL...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE TROPICAL STORM
IVAN'S PRIMARY IMPACT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN REACHING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST
TONIGHT AND SLOWLY SPREAD FROM EAST TO WEST OVERNIGHT.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTER THE CENTER OF IVAN MOVES WELL INLAND. EXPECT
WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF IVAN
TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

FOR MORE TROPICAL WEATHER INFORMATION...SEE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV OR THE WEB PAGE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX.

THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM IVAN STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1000 PM
CDT.

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