[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
800 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD IS MOVING ERRATICALLY WESTWARD AS TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE BRUSHING THE LOUISIANA COAST...

AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 205 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A TURN TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST IS EXPECT TO OCCUR TONIGHT...AND THE CENTER OF EDOUARD
SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. DURING
THE PAST FEW HOURS...THERE HAS BEEN SOME ERRATIC MOTION DUE TO
REFORMATION OF THE CENTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...IT IS
EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT REACHES
THE COASTLINE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.


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BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-HARRIS-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-
800 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM POSITION. GALVESTON COUNTY OFFICE CLOSURES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
HURRICANE WATCH.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EVACUATIONS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR ANY OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.
ABANDONED VEHICLES ON HARRIS COUNTY TOLL ROADS WILL BE TOWED.
ALL GALVESTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES ARE CLOSED ON TUESDAY.
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH TOMORROW.

RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. WIND
SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO BE HIGHEST NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE
THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. MOBILE HOMES IN THE PATH OF THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE DAMAGE. HOUSES OF POOR TO
AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...AND
GUTTERS. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. UNFASTENED OUTDOOR ITEMS
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. MANY LARGE TREE BRANCHES
WILL BE SNAPPED...WITH ROTTING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES
UPROOTED. DOZENS OF POWER LINES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN WITH THE HIGH
LIKELIHOOD OF LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS EXPECTED NEAR AND JUST TO THE
EAST OF WHERE EDOUARD MAKES LANDFALL. THE WATER LEVELS BELOW ARE
BASED BASED ON THE LANDFALL OF A STRONG TROPICAL STORM IN THE
VICINITY OF GALVESTON BAY. SHOULD THE STORM MOVE INLAND EAST OF
GALVESTON COUNTY THESE VALUES WILL END UP BEING MUCH LOWER.


LOCATION            EXPECTED MAX WATER LEVELS
                 LATE TUE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON

HIGH ISLAND                 5.5 FEET.
MORGANS POINT...            4.0 FEET.
CLEAR LAKE ENTRANCE...      4.0 FEET.
EAGLE POINT...              4.0 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...             4.7 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...        4.7 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...  5.0 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...            4.2 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...            4.0 FEET.
FREEPORT...                 3.2 FEET.
PORT O CONNOR...            1.2 FEET.

NOTE:  TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING
ALONG THE COAST...GENERALLY EAST OF FREEPORT...AND PERSIST
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD
THEN SPREAD INLAND DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF
EDOUARD'S TRACK. THIS RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE SOME FLOODING
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE TROPICAL STORM APPROACHES
AND RAIN BANDS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COASTLINE. THIS THREAT SHOULD BEGIN
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AGAIN THE BEST LOCATION FOR THESE TO OCCUR
WILL BE ON THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STORM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11 PM MONDAY.


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JACKSON-
800 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM LOCATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

JACKSON.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
HURRICANE WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS
AND DECK FURNITURE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

NO SIGNIFICANT TIDE PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

...WINDS...

ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...WINDS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE
MAY EFFECT NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11 PM MONDAY.

$$

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AUSTIN-COLORADO-FORT BEND-MONTGOMERY-WALLER-WHARTON-
800 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM POSITION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

AUSTIN...COLORADO...FORT BEND...MONTGOMERY...WALLER...WHARTON.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED
PROPERLY. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS
GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING AROUND EARLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THIS
COULD PRODUCE SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE TROPICAL STORM APPROACHES
AND RAIN BANDS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COASTLINE. THIS THREAT SHOULD BEGIN
TUESDAY MORNING. AGAIN THE BEST LOCATION FOR THESE TO OCCUR WILL
BE ON THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STORM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11 PM MONDAY.

$$

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GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
800 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM POSITION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE
MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO
THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND
TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT
OUT 20 NM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BEGINNING TONIGHT...MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

...WINDS...

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE
TONIGHT IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS EAST OF GALVESTON. ACROSS
GALVESTON BAY...STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE TOWARD
LATE TUESDAY MORNING.

...TORNADOES...

AS EDOUARD APPROACHES...FEEDER BANDS ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER
MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND
PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11 PM MONDAY.

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