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

...TROPICAL STORM ALLISON NEARLY STATIONARY...
...VERY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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.

BRAZORIA COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR SURFSIDE.

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

.CURRENT STORM INFORMATION...
.LOCATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON HAS
REORGANIZED OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 95.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON.

.MOVEMENT...
ALLISON IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND THIS STORM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY
NORTH OVERNIGHT.

.WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES
ALLISON A STRONG TROPICAL STORM. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE GENERALLY
OVER THE GULF WATERS...EAST OF THE CENTER.

...STORM SURGE AND TIDES...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 2.0 TO 4.0 FEET. MAXIMUM TIDAL SURGE OF
3.0 TO 4.0 FEET IS FORECAST.

LOCATION                      FORECAST PEAK TIDE

GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER       4.0 FEET

GALVESTON CHANNEL             4.0 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR                  3.5 FEET

JAMAICA BEACH                 2.5 FEET

CLEAR LAKE                    2.5 FEET

MORGANS POINT                 3.0 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS                 2.5 FEET

FREEPORT                      2.5 FEET

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

...RAINFALL...
RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND CONVERGE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN
BRAZORIA...NORTHERN GALVESTON AND HARRIS COUNTIES. RAINFALL TOTALS
IN THESE AREAS WILL TOTAL BETWEEN 7 AND 14 INCHES. NORTH AND
EAST OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER...RAINFALL WILL TOTAL 2 AND 4
INCHES. WEST OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER...ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. IF CORE RAINS DEVELOP AROUND THE
CIRCULATION CENTER OVERNIGHT...HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

...WINDS...
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL AFFECT THE REGION MAINLY
IN SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AT 530 PM...A
TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR MANVEL.

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