000 WTUS84 KCRP 221815 HLSCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM DOLLY LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 115 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...DOLLY NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH. HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PORT O'CONNOR... GMZ230-250-270-230015- /O.CON.KCRP.HU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- 115 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND IS NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH. DOLLY'S NORTHWEST MOTION CONTINUES TO SLOW. THE CENTER OF DOLLY IS LOCATED 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. DOLLY IS ON A TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TO CORPUS CHRISTI. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO CORPUS CHRISTI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO CORPUS CHRISTI UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD BE RUSHING THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DOLLY TO COMPLETION. SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORMS FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS IS NEAR 70 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OVER THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS IS NEAR 20 PERCENT. ...TORNADOES... AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY APPROACH THE WESTERN GULF COAST LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM CDT. $$ TXZ242-243-230015- /O.CON.KCRP.HU.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- 115 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND IS NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH. DOLLY'S NORTHWEST MOTION CONTINUES TO SLOW. THE CENTER OF DOLLY IS LOCATED 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. DOLLY IS ON A TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KLEBERG AND NUECES COUNTIES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS SHOULD BE RUSHING PREPARATIONS FOR DOLLY TO COMPLETION. MAKE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK ITEMS IN YOUR EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT INCLUDING HAVING ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER FOR THREE OR MORE DAYS. MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A FULL TANK OF GAS. SECURE MOBILE HOME TIE DOWNS. STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND GARDEN TOOLS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CASH IN CASE POWER GOES OUT AND ATMS DO NOT WORK. IN A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE...UNSECURED LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND PERHAPS INJURY. MANY AREAS WILL HAVE POWER OUTAGES...HUNDREDS OF WIRES WILL FALL...TRANSFORMERS WILL POP...AND SOME POWER POLES WILL BE PULLED DOWN. ROTTING LARGE TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL SNAP. FINALLY...MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... SWELLS FROM DOLLY WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT MIDDLE TEXAS COAST BEACHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF AREA BEACHES ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND ON WEDNESDAY ALONG NORTH PADRE AND MUSTANG ISLANDS. HIGH TIDES AT PORT ARANSAS TODAY ARE EXPECTED AT 619 PM THIS EVENING AND 746 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE STILL REMOTELY POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER KLEBERG AND NUECES COUNTIES IS AROUND 60 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OVER KLEBERG AND NUECES COUNTIES IS AROUND 10 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...AS SHOWERS...SQUALLS AND RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY MOVE INLAND. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND SOILS BECOME SATURATED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ACROSS NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ...TORNADOES... THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY MOVE INLAND. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM CDT. $$ GMZ235-255-275-230015- /O.CON.KCRP.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM- 115 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND IS NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH. DOLLY'S NORTHWEST MOTION CONTINUES TO SLOW. THE CENTER OF DOLLY IS LOCATED 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. DOLLY IS ON A TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD BE RUSHING THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DOLLY TO COMPLETION. SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR IS NEAR 50 PERCENT. ...TORNADOES... AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY APPROACH THE WESTERN GULF COAST LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM CDT. $$ TXZ244>247-230015- /O.CON.KCRP.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 115 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND IS NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH. DOLLY'S NORTHWEST MOTION CONTINUES TO SLOW. THE CENTER OF DOLLY IS LOCATED 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. DOLLY IS ON A TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAN PATRICIO... ARANSAS...REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND GARDEN TOOLS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CASH IN CASE POWER GOES OUT AND ATMS DO NOT WORK. WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS COULD BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING DAMAGE AND PERHAPS INJURY. SOME AREAS COULD HAVE POWER OUTAGES...SOME POWER POLES COULD BE PULLED DOWN. FINALLY...MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... SWELLS FROM DOLLY WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT MIDDLE TEXAS COAST BEACHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF AREA BEACHES ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION... DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WATER LEVELS 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH TIDES AT PORT ARANSAS TODAY ARE EXPECTED AT 619 PM THIS EVENING AND 746 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT PORT O'CONNOR...HIGH TIDE IS PREDICTED AT 607 PM THIS EVENING AND 1013 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED TROPICAL FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES IS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...AS SHOWERS...SQUALLS AND RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY MOVE INLAND. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND SOILS BECOME SATURATED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ACROSS THIS AREA. ...TORNADOES... THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY MOVE INLAND. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM CDT. $$ TXZ240-241-230015- /O.CON.KCRP.TI.W.0001.080723T0900Z-080723T2300Z/ DUVAL-JIM WELLS- 115 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND IS NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH. DOLLY'S NORTHWEST MOTION CONTINUES TO SLOW. THE CENTER OF DOLLY IS LOCATED 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. DOLLY IS ON A TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JIM WELLS AND DUVAL COUNTIES. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN JIM WELLS AND DUVAL COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND GARDEN TOOLS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CASH IN CASE POWER GOES OUT AND ATMS DO NOT WORK. WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS COULD BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING DAMAGE AND PERHAPS INJURY. SOME AREAS COULD HAVE POWER OUTAGES...SOME POWER POLES COULD BE PULLED DOWN. FINALLY...MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER JIM WELLS AND DUVAL COUNTIES IS AROUND 50 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS SHOWERS...SQUALLS AND RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY MOVE INLAND INTO SOUTH TEXAS. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE AREA AND SOILS BECOME SATURATED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER JIM WELLS AND DUVAL COUNTIES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ...TORNADOES... THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 PM CDT. $$ ROUSSY/RUNYEN