WTUS84 KHGX 060907 HLSHOU TXZ200-213-214-236>238-061510- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 405 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001 ...TROPICAL STORM ALLISON DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION... ...PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO NORTH AND WEST OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER AND CONTINUES TO PRODUCE A THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION... ...THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF...BRAZORIA... CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS...LIBERTY AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT... ALL FORMER TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR MONTGOMERY... WALKER... AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. ...PREPAREDNESS/EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS... ALL VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS FOR GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER... TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IN AREAS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 105 AND WEST OF I-45 AS FAR NORTH AS HUNSTVILLE... AND NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAYS 19 AND 94 NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE. .CURRENT STORM INFORMATION... .LOCATION... AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.3 WEST... OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON. .MOVEMENT... THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING NORTH AT ABOUT 5 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO SLOW GRADUALLY WITH THE CENTER BECOMING LESS DEFINED AND STALLING BY LATE TONIGHT ROUGHLY BETWEEN LIBERTY AND LIVINGSTON. .WINDS... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH... AND THESE WINDS ARE CONCENTRATED WELL SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPRESSION CENTER ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE. WINDS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE INLAND AND WEAKEN. ...STORM SURGE AND TIDES... TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 3.0 TO 3.5 FEET AT THE NORTHERN END OF GALVESTON AND TRINITY BAYS. ELSWHERE TIDES HAVE GENERALLLY FALLEN TO 1 TO 2 FEET AS WINDS HAVE BECOME OFFSHORE ALONG THE WESTERN UPPER COAST AND SOUTHWEST FROM THE SAN LUIS PASS AREA TO HIGH ISLAND. THIS HAS RELAXED TIDES SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST AREAS. LOCATION FORECAST PEAK TIDE GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER 2.0 FEET GALVESTON CHANNEL 2.0 FEET PORT BOLIVAR 2.5 FEET JAMAICA BEACH 2.5 FEET CLEAR LAKE 3.0 FEET MORGANS POINT 3.5 FEET SAN LUIS PASS 1.0 FEET FREEPORT 1.5 FEET AT THESE FORECAST LEVELS...LITTLE OR NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND... THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA... OR NEAR THE BAY FRONT ON GALVESTON BAY. ...RAINFALL... A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES NORTH OF THE DEPRESSION CENTER OVER WALKER... HOUSTON... MADISON... GRIMES... AND NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY COINTIES. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY TOTAL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING MAY BE A THREAT IN MONTGOMERY.... WALKER... AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 7 AM. ADDITIONALLY... MANY STREAMS AND BAYOUS IN THE FLASH FLLOD WATCH AREA MAY REMAIN OVER BANKFULL LEVEL EARLY WEDNSDAY MORNING. ...WINDS... WINDS HAVE CEASED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT AS TROPICAL STORM ALLISON HAS DIMINISHED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM. SEE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE CONTINUED FLOODING THREAT POSED BY THIS STORM.