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...TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1053 AM CDT FRI SEP 6 2002 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY 95 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON... ...THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF... AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MADISON... MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON... AND WHARTON COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM ARANSAS PASS TEXAS TO INTERCOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: AUSTIN...COLORADO...FORT BEND...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY...WALLER...AND WHARTON. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SHEPHERD TO MADISONVILLE. ...PREPAREDNESS/EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS... GALVESTON COUNTY: GALVESTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS RECOMMENDING VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. OTHER LOW-LYING LOCATIONS SUCH AS TIKI ISLAND AND BAYOU VISTA SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY. THE CITY OF GALVESTON IS RECOMMENDING VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND. HIGH ISLAND AND GALVESTON I.S.D. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY. BRAZORIA: SURFSIDE BEACH IS RECOMMENDING VOLUNTARY EVACUATION. REMAINING COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. .CURRENT STORM INFORMATION... .LOCATION... AT 10 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR 95 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON. .MOVEMENT... TROPICAL STORM FAY IS CURRENTLY DRIFTING WEST AROUND 2 MPH. A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. .WINDS... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ...STORM SURGE AND TIDES... TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND 2.5 TO 3.0 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. MAXIMUM TIDE LEVELS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE 3.0 TO 6.0 FOOT RANGE AND DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL TRACK AND INTENSISITY OF FAY...WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY BE EVEN HIGHER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. FOR SITE SPECIFIC DETAILS SEE THE TABLE BELOW. LOCATION NEXT HIGH TIDE ASTRONOMICAL FORECASTED TIDE LEVEL (FRI-SAT) PREDICTED ABOVE MLLW LEVELS PLEASURE PIER 238 PM 2.4 FEET 5.0-6.0 FEET 502 AM SAT 2.6 FEET GLS CHANNEL 314 PM 1.6 FEET 3.5-5.0 FEET 550 AM SAT 1.6 FEET PORT BOLIVAR 328 PM 1.6 FEET 4.0-5.0 FEET 604 AM SAT 1.6 FEET JAMAICA BEACH 552 PM 1.1 FEET 4.0-5.0 FEET 828 AM SAT 1.1 FEET EAGLE POINT FLAT HIGH TIDE 1.2 FEET 3.5-4.5 FEET 825 PM SAT 1.2 FEET CLEAR LAKE 1134 AM 1.1 FEET 3.5-4.5 FEET 1036 PM SAT 1.0 FEET MORGANS POINT 350 PM 1.2 FEET 3.0-4.0 FEET SAN LUIS PASS 305 PM 1.4 FEET 3.5-5.0 FEET 541 AM SAT 1.4 FEET FREEPORT 230 PM 2.1 FEET 4.5-6.0 FEET 506 AM SAT 2.1 FEET PORT O'CONNOR 212 PM 1.0 FEET 3.0-4.0 FEET 444 PM SAT 0.9 FEET TIDAL EFFECTS: GALVESTON COUNTY: PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA CURRENTLY HAVE WATER OVER THEM ALTHOUGH IT IS PASSABLE. THIS ROAD MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH TIDE APPROACHES. FERRY SERVICE TO AND FROM BOLIVAR WILL CEASE IF TIDE LEVELS REACH 5.0 FEET. AT JAMAICA BEACH...WATER WAS OVER MOST BOAT DOCKS AND UP INTO SOME YARDS. THE LOWER STREETS IN THE VILLAGE WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRAZORIA: PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 257 BETWEEN SAN LUIS PASS AND SURFSIDE HAS STANDING WATER. ALTHOUGH CURRENTLY PASSABLE...THIS ROAD MAY TOO BECOME IMPASSABLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF BEACH DRIVE IN SURFSIDE HAVE STANDING WATER WITH CONTINUED DUNE EROSION TAKING PLACE. AT 5.0 FEET...WATER LEVELS WILL APPROACH THE TOP OF DUNES. SURFSIDE SHORES IS ALSO FLOODED WITH CANALS NO LONGER DISTINGUISHABLE. HARRIS...PARTS OF TODDVILLE ROAD IN SEABROOK MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS CURRENTLY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON PORTIONS OF THE ROAD. ...RAINFALL... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE COAST WITH AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY IN CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES. HEAVIER RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT FURTHER INLAND DEPENDING UPON THE TRACK OF THE TROPICAL STORM. SHOULD THE STORM FOLLOW THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK... TOTAL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ARE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. ...WINDS... FOR THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG THE COAST. FURTHER INLAND...EXPECT 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS INLAND AND 35 TO 50 MPH COAST WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 2 PM.... |