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WTUS84 KCRP 151010
HLSCRP
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-151600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
510 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAKE
LANDFALL ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST 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 WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MIDDLE
TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR. THE TROPICAL STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 AM CDT...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE
24.6 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 91.8 WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL BY
LATE THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND
PORT ARANSAS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS UP TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA REGION
BEGINNING ON THURSDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS
WELL AS BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR ADDITIONAL COUNTIES LATER TODAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE-HALF OF A FOOT TO AS
HIGH AS 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY.
THIS WILL PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT PORT
ARANSAS ARE TONIGHT AT 525 PM AND THURSDAY MORNING AT 643 AM. THE
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT PORT OCONNOR ARE TONIGHT AT 703 PM AND THURSDAY
MORNING AT 1004 AM.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH. A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING
IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE NEAR AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER AT THE TIME
OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS
RECEIVED LAST MONTH AND THE FACT THAT SEVERAL RIVERS REMAIN IN
FLOOD...FLOODING WILL BE A STRONG POSSIBILITY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

$$

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