[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KCRP 161210
HLSCRP
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-161815-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
710 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE ENTIRE
MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN HAS MADE LANDFALL NEAR ROCKPORT EARLY
THIS MORNING...

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT INLAND TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST THIS MORNING.

...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 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL BEND HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 97.2 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. ERIN WAS MOVING TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS UP TO 10 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. HEAVY RAIN ON THE
NORTHERN SIDE OF ERIN WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND TOWARD THE
BRUSH COUNTRY THIS MORNING. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE COASTAL BEND
LATER THIS MORNING TO THE EAST OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THE
THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH ERIN AFFECTS SOUTH TEXAS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES WERE CURRENTLY RUNNING FROM 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG
THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS
WAS AT 643 AM CDT. HIGH TIDE AT PORT O'CONNOR WILL BE THIS MORNING
AT 1004 AM CDT. NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING OR BEACH EROSION
IS EXPECTED.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS POSSIBLE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION.

...TORNADOES...

AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITHIN SOME OF
THE STRONGER SQUALLS THAT AFFECT ARANSAS...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...GOLIAD
AND VICTORIA COUNTIES. IF A TORNADO DOES DEVELOP...IT WOULD BE
VERY SHORT-LIVED AND OF A WEAK NATURE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ERIN.

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TINSLEY

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