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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
120 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001

...TROPICAL STORM ALLISON INLAND... DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NORTH...AND 
DIMINISHING RAPIDLY...
...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN WELL TO NORTH OF STORM CENTER CONTINUES 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.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR GALVESTON... 
HARRIS... MONTGOMERY... SAN JACINTO... LIBERTY... WALKER... 
TRINITY... POLK... AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

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... MAINLY NORTH OF I-10... 
DISCOURAGED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.

.CURRENT STORM INFORMATION...
.LOCATION...
AT 1 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.3 WEST OR NEAR HOUSTON TEXAS.

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

.WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE JUST AT TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH... 40 
MPH... AND THESE WINDS ARE CONCENTRATED WELL EAST OF STORM CENTER 
ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BETWEEN GALVESTON AND SABINE. WINDS IN 
THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH... AND 
ALLISON IS EXPECTED TO BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY 
WEDNESDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND TIDES...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 3.0 TO 3.5 FEET. TIDES WILL GENERALLY 
REMAIN NEAR THIS LEVEL OVERNIGHT.

LOCATION                      FORECAST PEAK TIDE

GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER       3.5 FEET

GALVESTON CHANNEL             3.5 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR                  3.5 FEET

JAMAICA BEACH                 3.5 FEET

CLEAR LAKE                    3.5 FEET

MORGANS POINT                 3.5 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS                 2.5 FEET

FREEPORT                      2.5 FEET

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

...RAINFALL...
A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES 
OVER MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO... POLK... TRINITY... WALKER... 
HOUSTON... AND TRINITY. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY 
TOTAL BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 INCHES.  
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN NORTHERN HARRIS AND EXTREME 
NORTHERN GALVESTON COUNTIES AND MAY BE EXPECTED IN THE COUNTIES 
ABOVE ALONG WITH OVERBANK CONDITIONS ON SOME OF THE MAJOR BAYOUS AND 
STREAMS.

...WINDS...
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL AFFECT EXTREME EASTERN 
PARTS OF THE REGION ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST... MAINLY BETWEEN 
BOLIVAR AND HIGH ISLAND.  

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 AM THIS 
MORNING.