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WTUS84 KCRP 160306
HLSCRP
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-160915-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ERIN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1006 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS
ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS...

...NEW INFORMATION...

NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH HAS OCCURRED WITH TROPICAL STORM ERIN THIS
EVENING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME THROUGH
FRIDAY 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TO
PORT OCONNOR THROUGH THURSDAY.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY
FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN WAS LOCATED AT
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.7 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. ERIN WAS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST
AROUND 14 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL RESULT IN THE CENTER OF ERIN
MAKING LANDFALL ACROSS NORTH PADRE ISLAND ON THURSDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS UP TO 8 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 HAS
ALREADY BEGUN TO IMPACT THE NORTHEAST COASTAL COUNTIES THIS
EVENING. THIS LARGE SHIELD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ROTATE WEST AND
SOUTH ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND TONIGHT AS ERIN GETS CLOSER TO THE
COAST. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY AS ERIN PUSHES INLAND ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE THREAT FOR
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
THURSDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... 

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT THE
TIME OF LANDFALL ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL
OVERFLOW ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. HIGH TIDE AT PORT ARANSAS WILL BE
THURSDAY MORNING AT 643 AM CDT. HIGH TIDE AT PORT OCONNOR WILL BE
THURSDAY MORNING AT 1004 AM CDT. NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING
OR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED.

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH. SOME MINOR STRENGTHENING
IS EXPECTED BEFORE ERIN MAKES LANDFALL THURSDAY MORNING. MINIMAL
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A
SMALL AREA JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER AT THE TIME OF
LANDFALL. HOWEVER...MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE WINDS MAINLY IN THE
20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH BRIEF GUSTS TO MARGINAL TROPICAL STORM
FORCE IN EMBEDDED SQUALLS.

...TORNADOES...

AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST COASTAL BEND...MAINLY FROM ROCKPORT NORTHWARD.  

...NEXT UPDATE... 

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 AM CDT.

$$

BUCHANAN