FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 922 PM CDT MON SEP 06 2010
SOUTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT.
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAIN OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A SPIRAL RAIN BAND
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM HERMINE FROM 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT TO 6 MILES NORTH OF HARLINGEN VALLEY
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* RAINSHOWERS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE NEAR...
SANTA MONICA...RIO HONDO.
PORFIRIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL ARROYOS AND STREAMS...
AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE
INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE.
FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR ARROYOS. IF IN A LOW LYING
AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
DON`T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 2625 9721 2641 9726 2632 9736 2627 9735
2629 9731 2618 9733 2614 9743 2620 9766
2642 9769 2651 9742 2647 9744 2643 9740
2642 9742 2640 9738 2637 9740 2635 9735
2643 9726 2653 9730 2654 9727 2626 9719
$$
CASTILLO
TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 757 PM CDT MON SEP 06 2010
TORNADO WATCH 645 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
TXC007-025-047-057-061-175-215-249-261-273-297-355-391-409-469-
489-071000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0645.100907T0100Z-100907T1000Z/
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARANSAS BEE BROOKS
CALHOUN CAMERON GOLIAD
HIDALGO JIM WELLS KENEDY
KLEBERG LIVE OAK NUECES
REFUGIO SAN PATRICIO VICTORIA
WILLACY
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 727 PM CDT MON SEP 06 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...BROOKS...COASTAL CAMERON...COASTAL WILLACY...HIDALGO...
INLAND CAMERON...INLAND WILLACY...JIM HOGG...KENEDY...STARR
AND ZAPATA.
* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
* TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL APPROACH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM THE
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...AND MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
PASSAGE OF HERMINE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR.
* LOW LYING AREAS...AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...AND AREAS WITH
SOILS THAT REMAIN SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCED BY
HURRICANE ALEX AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO...WILL HAVE THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
EXPECTED WITH TROPICAL STORM HERMINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
&&
$$
SPEECE
HURRICANE WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM CDT MON SEP 06 2010
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED FOR TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIER RAINS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM BEFORE DECREASING AFTER THE
CENTER OF HERMINE PASSES NORTH OF THE REGION.
AREA STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH
LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...FALLING WITHIN A 4 TO 8 HOUR
PERIOD THROUGH A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF
FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.
RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVERNIGHT. IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS...MINOR TO MODERATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IS EXPECTED...
AND SEVERAL MAIN THOROUGHFARES MAY BE CLOSED. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS
WITH VERY POOR DRAINAGE MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 5 FEET. OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL HAVE WATER RISES UP TO 3 FEET. LEVELS
WILL RISE 1 FOOT ELSEWHERE.
...WINDS...
EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 OR 50
MPH AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF HERMINE MOVES INLAND
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE
IN COASTAL CAMERON AND COASTAL WILLACY COUNTY FOR A FEW HOURS
BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM AS THE CORE OF HERMINE MOVES NORTHWEST.
THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY TIME FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS DESCRIBED
BELOW.
FOR WIND 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH:
MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED
HOMES MAY RECEIVE SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW
HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. A FEW
POOL CAGES AND LANAI SCREENS WILL BE DAMAGED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT
ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME
ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE
LIKELY.
MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED.
SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE
BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES.
A FEW PALM FRONDS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RISE THIS EVENING...
REACHING 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES BY MID TO LATE EVENING.
AS THE CORE OF HERMINE SLIDES BY...A BRIEF SURGE OF 2 TO 2.5 FEET
ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO HIGH TIDE EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING...MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 10 PM AND 3 AM TUESDAY
MORNING. THE WATER DEPTH IN COASTAL FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS
ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF PORT ISABEL AND THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND MAY REACH 1 TO PERHAPS 3 FEET PRIOR TO HIGH TIDE LATE
TONIGHT AND VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE BEACH...RUN UP WILL
REACH THE DUNES TONIGHT AND SOME WATER WILL LIKELY SLICE THROUGH
THE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS 4 THROUGH 6 NORTH OF THE RESORT
AREA FROM ANDY BOWIE PARK NORTHWARD. THIS MAY FORCE CLOSURE OF
STATE HIGHWAY 100 LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
VEHICLES SHOULD NOT PLAN TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES THROUGH
TUESDAY.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.
$$
TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM CDT MON SEP 06 2010
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED FOR TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIER RAINS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM BEFORE DECREASING AFTER THE
CENTER OF HERMINE PASSES NORTH OF THE REGION.
AREA STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH
LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...FALLING WITHIN A 4 TO 8 HOUR
PERIOD THROUGH A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF
FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.
RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVERNIGHT. IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS...MINOR TO MODERATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IS EXPECTED...
AND SEVERAL MAIN THOROUGHFARES MAY BE CLOSED. KNOWN INTERSECTIONS
WITH VERY POOR DRAINAGE MAY HAVE WATER LEVELS UP TO 5 FEET. OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL HAVE WATER RISES UP TO 3 FEET. LEVELS
WILL RISE 1 FOOT ELSEWHERE.
...WINDS...
EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 OR 50
MPH AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF HERMINE MOVES INLAND
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE
IN COASTAL CAMERON AND COASTAL WILLACY COUNTY FOR A FEW HOURS
BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM AS THE CORE OF HERMINE MOVES NORTHWEST.
THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY TIME FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS DESCRIBED
BELOW.
FOR WIND 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 65 MPH:
MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED
HOMES MAY RECEIVE SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW
HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. A FEW
POOL CAGES AND LANAI SCREENS WILL BE DAMAGED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT
ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME
ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE
LIKELY.
MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED.
SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE
BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES.
A FEW PALM FRONDS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RISE THIS EVENING...
REACHING 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES BY MID TO LATE EVENING.
AS THE CORE OF HERMINE SLIDES BY...A BRIEF SURGE OF 2 TO 2.5 FEET
ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO HIGH TIDE EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING...MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 10 PM AND 3 AM TUESDAY
MORNING. THE WATER DEPTH IN COASTAL FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS
ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF PORT ISABEL AND THE BAY SIDE OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND MAY REACH 1 TO PERHAPS 3 FEET PRIOR TO HIGH TIDE LATE
TONIGHT AND VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE BEACH...RUN UP WILL
REACH THE DUNES TONIGHT AND SOME WATER WILL LIKELY SLICE THROUGH
THE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS 4 THROUGH 6 NORTH OF THE RESORT
AREA FROM ANDY BOWIE PARK NORTHWARD. THIS MAY FORCE CLOSURE OF
STATE HIGHWAY 100 LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
VEHICLES SHOULD NOT PLAN TO DRIVE ALONG THE BEACHES THROUGH
TUESDAY.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.
$$
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