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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
407 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

...TROPICAL STORM ALLISON HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN GULF
OF MEXICO...

...THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF...BRAZORIA...
CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS...LIBERTY AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO MORGAN
CITY LOUISIANA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF THE
BRAZOS RIVER.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A LIVINGSTON
TO CONROE LINE.

...PREPAREDNESS/EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...

GALVESTON COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ON THE WEST END OF
GALVESTON ISLAND. BOLIVAR FERRY IS CLOSED.

BRAZORIA COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR SURFSIDE.

REMAINING COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION UNTIL TROPICAL STORM
ALLISON IS WELL INLAND.

.CURRENT STORM INFORMATION...
.LOCATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS MAKING LANDFALL ON
GALVESTON ISLAND.

.MOVEMENT...
ALLISON IS MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...ALLISON WILL CROSS GALVESTON
COUNTY AND EAST HARRIS COUNTY BY 9 PM THEN MOVE OVER LIBERTY...
MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO AND POLK COUNTIES.

.WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES
ALLISON A STRONG TROPICAL STORM.

...STORM SURGE AND TIDES...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 3.0 TO 4.5 FEET. MAXIMUM TIDAL SURGE OF
4.0 TO 5.0 FEET IS FORECAST.

LOCATION                      FORECAST PEAK TIDE

GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER       5.0 FEET

GALVESTON CHANNEL             5.0 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR                  4.5 FEET

JAMAICA BEACH                 3.5 FEET

CLEAR LAKE                    3.5 FEET

MORGANS POINT                 4.0 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS                 3.0 FEET

FREEPORT                      2.5 FEET

AT THESE FORECAST LEVELS...PARTS OF HIGHWAY 87 ON THE BOLIVAR
PENINSULA WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE...PARTS OF TODDVILLE ROAD IN SEABROOK
WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. ALSO...SOME ROADS ON THE WEST END OF GALVESTON
ISLAND AND SURFSIDE WILL FLOOD.

...RAINFALL...
RAINBANDS WILL PUSH INLAND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF BRAZORIA...
CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN THESE
COUNTIES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5
INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. IF CORE
RAINS DEVELOP AROUND THE CIRCULATION CENTER OVERNIGHT...HEAVIER
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALREADY AFFECTING COASTAL SECTIONS OF
BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS AND GALVESTON COUNTIES. EXPECT WINDS OF 50 TO 60
MPH ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK. THIS POCKET OF HIGH WINDS WILL
AFFECT GALVESTON ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG GALVESTON BAY BETWEEN 4
AND 9 PM THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST
TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS ALLISON MOVES INLAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF HARRIS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES AROUND MID-
EVENING...THEN DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT. AS THE CENTER OF ALLISON PUSHES
INLAND TONIGHT...HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LIVINGSTON TO CONROE LINE.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1000 PM
TONIGHT.