HURRICANE WATCH
Hurricane Watch
TROPICAL STORM ALEX LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 617 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...ALEX INTENSIFYING AND HEADED TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...KING RANCH...AND THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... KENEDY...COASTAL WILLACY AND COASTAL CAMERON...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING THE LAGUNA MADRE. A HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... INLAND WILLACY AND INLAND CAMERON COUNTIES. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...HIDALGO COUNTY. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.5N...LONGITUDE 91.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 520 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TX. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM ALEX IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ALEX SHOULD REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH AND MAY APPROACH CATEGORY TWO STRENGTH AS IT EDGES TOWARD THE COAST OF NORTHEAST MEXICO OR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. ALEX IS EXPECTED TO BECOME RELATIVELY LARGE IN SIZE...QUITE A BIT MORE THAN DOLLY IN 2008. THUS...IMPACTS FROM WIND...RAIN...AND STORM SURGE MAY IMPACT A FAIRLY LARGE AREA EVEN IF THE CENTER OF THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL DOZENS OF MILES NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE CURRENT FORECAST SPEED...SIZE...AND INTENSITY SUGGESTS A VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IMPACTS FOR DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FOR ALL AREAS...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...PERHAPS RIVALING THOSE FROM HURRICANE DOLLY IN 2008. INLAND FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS WILL OCCUR IF THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OR SOMETHING SIMILAR...WITH LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH TEXAS OR NORTHEAST MEXICAN COAST...OCCURS. COASTAL COUNTIES OF CAMERON AND WILLACY WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM WINDS...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BECOMING MORE CERTAIN AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS A POSSIBILITY. IN ADDITION...THE DEGREE OF STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW LARGE AND HOW STRONG ALEX BECOMES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND ULTIMATELY THE GENERAL LOCATION OF LANDFALL. BOATERS WILL SURELY SEE DANGEROUSLY HIGH SEAS NO MATTER WHERE ON THE COAST ALEX MAKES LANDFALL...IF AT ALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BECOME A THREAT SHOULD ALEX MAKE LANDFALL AND MOVE WELL INLAND BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY AND PERHAPS FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR EVACUATION EXISTS AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE MAKING PLANS FOR NOTIFICATION. FOR PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS DETAILS...GO TO H T T P: WEATHER.GOV/RGV/?N=HURRPREP.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH
Tropical Storm Watch
TROPICAL STORM ALEX LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 516 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...TROPICAL STORM ALEX IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPACT SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS WEEK... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO AND CALHOUN. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.5N...LONGITUDE 91.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARANSAS TX. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 5 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM ALEX IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE ON TUESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS LATE WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AND A SOUTH TEXAS LANDFALL REMAINS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THIS IS A LARGE SYSTEM AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY EXTEND WELL NORTH OF THE EYE OF THE STORM. GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...THE MAIN THREAT TO THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND AREA WILL LIKELY BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. HOWEVER..IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST MINOR DAMAGE SOMEWHERE WITHIN SOUTH TEXAS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN PREPARING YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ACCORDING TO YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE READY TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PERFORM THE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...BEGIN TO SAFELY SECURE YOUR CRAFT AND MAKE PLANS TO LEAVE IT FOR ADEQUATE LAND BASED SHELTER. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
