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WTUS84 KCRP 152137
HLSCRP
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-160345-

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

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
TEXAS COAST...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL
400 PM CDT THURSDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL STORM ERIN WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COAST EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...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 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE LOWER AND MIDDLE
TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR. THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 500 AM UNTIL 400 PM CDT THURSDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN WAS LOCATED AT
LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 94.4 WEST OR ABOUT 195 MILES
EAST OF BROWNSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH.
THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON 
NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI.

...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 AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AS WELL
AS WEBB...LA SALLE...DUVAL...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...JIM WELLS...BEE
...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE FOOT TO AS HIGH AS 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL
PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW BEGINNING TONIGHT 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 40 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 PM CDT.

$$

REYNOLDS