[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED FOR LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
115 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2005

...HURRICANE EMILY MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...
...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS GULF COAST FROM
BAFFIN BAY TO BROWNSVILLE...
...INLAND HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO AND STARR
COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ZAPATA...BROOKS AND
JIM HOGG COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE WHICH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ZAPATA...STARR...JIM HOGG...BROOKS...HIDALGO...
CAMERON...WILLACY AND KENEDY.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AT 1 PM...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HAVE MADE NO EVACUATION RECOMMENDATION
FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY
OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...PORT ISABEL...AND PORT MANSFIELD. COUNTY AND
CITY OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EMILY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 PM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EMILY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
22.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST ABOUT 510 MILES...EAST SOUTHEAST OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. EMILY IS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. GIVEN THIS TRACK...
EMILY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE...OR ABOUT 70 MILES
NORTH OF LA PESCA MEXICO.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN 1 FOOT ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. GIVEN
THE CURRENT TRACK OF EMILY...STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4
FEET.

...WIND IMPACTS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH HURRICANE EMILY WERE NEAR 75 MPH.
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING OF THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED AS EMILY MOVES
THROUGH THE YUCATAN THIS MORNING. EMILY IS THEN FORECASTED TO
STRENGTHEN SHORTLY AFTER IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED INCREASE ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS ON TUESDAY. WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER
COASTAL SECTIONS TUESDAY EVENING.

...OTHER IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HIGH ON TUESDAY AS EMILY
APPROACHES. WAVES WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 14 FEET OFFSHORE ON TUESDAY
WITH WAVES UP TO 18 FEET POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. WAVES WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE ON WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH HURRICANE EMILY. ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 10
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGER
POSED BY FLOODING RAINS. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 400 PM CDT.

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