[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1124 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...ERIN CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AS A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ERIN CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND AS A DEPRESSION AND THIS WILL
BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR ERIN. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL
REMAINS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

BRAZORIA...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM TODAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.8 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES...85 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. ON THIS
TRACK ERIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FARTHER INLAND.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ERIN IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN A DAY OR TWO.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST
TODAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
REFER TO THE UPPER TEXAS TIDE FORECAST AND INFORMATION PRODUCT
FOR THE LATEST TIDE INFORMATION.

...WINDS...
WINDS OVER MATAGORDA BAY HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 20 MPH AS ERIN
CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND. WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE
ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.

...RAINFALL...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM TODAY. RAINFALL TOTALS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED. REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST
FLASH FLOOD INFORMATION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN.

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

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