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

...TROPICAL STORM ALLISON DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NORTH...
...VERY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOOD 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.

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

GALVESTON COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ON THE WEST END OF
GALVESTON ISLAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

BRAZORIA COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATION HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

COASTAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION UNTIL
TROPICAL STORM ALLISON IS WELL INLAND.

TRAVEL IN AREAS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCOURAGED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.

.CURRENT STORM INFORMATION...
.LOCATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR VERY NEAR SAN LUIS
PASS.

.MOVEMENT...
ALLISON IS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

.WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE GENERALLY OVER THE GULF WATERS...EAST OF THE
CENTER. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND TIDES...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 3.0 TO 4.0 FEET. TIDES WILL GENERALLY
REMAIN NEAR THIS LEVEL OVERNIGHT.

LOCATION                      FORECAST PEAK TIDE

GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER       4.0 FEET

GALVESTON CHANNEL             4.0 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR                  3.5 FEET

JAMAICA BEACH                 3.5 FEET

CLEAR LAKE                    3.0 FEET

MORGANS POINT                 3.0 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS                 2.5 FEET

FREEPORT                      2.5 FEET

AT THESE FORECAST LEVELS...ONLY MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
ALONG THE WEST END AND BOLIVAR AND NEAR THE BAY FRONT ON
GALVESTON BAY.

...RAINFALL...
RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND CONVERGE OVER PARTS OF LIBERTY...
MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...POLK AND HARRIS COUNTIES. RAINFALL TOTALS
IN THESE AREAS WILL TOTAL BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES WITH SOME AREAS IN
HARRIS COUNTY POSSIBLY RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES.  IF
CORE RAINS DEVELOP AROUND THE CIRCULATION CENTER OVERNIGHT...
EVEN HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG WITH OVERBANK CONDITIONS ON SOME OF THE
MAJOR BAYOUS AND STREAMS.

...WINDS...
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL AFFECT THE REGION MAINLY
IN SQUALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 100 AM
TONIGHT.