[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KCRP 160012
HLSCRP
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-160615-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ERIN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
712 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 500 AM
CDT THROUGH 400 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL BEND...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTH TEXAS...

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL STORM ERIN REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED AND ONLY SOME GRADUAL
STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL ON THURSDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE RESIDENTS OF
ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO
COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TO
PORT OCONNOR THROUGH THURSDAY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 500 AM
CDT THROUGH 400 PM CDT THURSDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS FOR
THURSDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN WAS LOCATED AT
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.1 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. ERIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 13 MPH. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL THURSDAY
MORNING NEAR PORT ARANSAS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS UP TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL
BEND...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. LESSER AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED SOUTH AND WEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WILL BEGIN IMPACTING THE COASTAL AREAS AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT THE
TIME OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL
OVERFLOW ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL BE
THURSDAY MORNING AT 643 AM CDT. HIGH TIDE AT PORT OCONNOR WILL BE
THURSDAY MORNING AT 1004 AM CDT. NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING
OR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
EXPECTED BEFORE ERIN MAKES LANDFALL THURSDAY MORNING. MINIMAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN A SMALL AREA JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER AT THE TIME OF
LANDFALL.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.

$$

BUCHANAN


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