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Effective:   2020-09-20 22:45:00 Local Time  
Expires:   2020-09-21 06:45:00 Local Time <-- EXPIRED! [Archived Message Only]
 
Event:   TROPICAL CYCLONE STATEMENT
 
Alert:   TROPICAL CYCLONE STATEMENT ISSUED SEPTEMBER 20 AT 10:45PM CDT

THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST TEXAS **TROPICAL STORM BETA CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD TOWARD THE TEXAS COASTLINE. SURGE IMPACTS ALREADY BEING SEEN ALONG THE COAST.** NEW INFORMATION --------------- * CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS: - NONE * CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS: - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FORT BEND, INLAND BRAZORIA, INLAND GALVESTON, INLAND HARRIS, INLAND JACKSON, INLAND MATAGORDA, SOUTHERN LIBERTY, AND WHARTON - A STORM SURGE WARNING AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR BRAZORIA ISLANDS, CHAMBERS, COASTAL BRAZORIA, COASTAL GALVESTON, COASTAL HARRIS, COASTAL JACKSON, COASTAL MATAGORDA, GALVESTON ISLAND AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA, AND MATAGORDA ISLANDS * STORM INFORMATION: - ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TX OR ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATAGORDA TX - 27.6N 94.5W - STORM INTENSITY 60 MPH - MOVEMENT WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 6 MPH SITUATION OVERVIEW ------------------ TROPICAL STORM BETA CONTINUES ITS WEST NORTHWEST MOVEMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TOWARDS THE TEXAS COASTLINE. THE CURRENT FORECAST INTENSITY REMAINS GENERALLY UNCHANGED AND BETA IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS UNTIL LANDFALL. BETA REMAINS ON TRACK TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR MATAGORDA BAY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING, THEN TAKE A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WE CONTINUE TO ANTICIPATE A PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL AND COASTAL FLOODING EVENT FROM BETA WITH ELEVATED TIDES ALREADY OCCURING BRINGING COASTAL FLOODING. COASTAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH THE WORST OF THE STORM SURGE ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING WITH PERSISTING ISSUES OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE FIRST RAINBANDS FROM BETA HAVE ALREADY MOVED ONSHORE, BUT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. GENERALLY 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND 15 INCHES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH HIGH TIDES WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS FLOODING ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND INNER COASTAL LOCATIONS THROUGH MID-WEEK. MANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDERS FOR LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. IF YOU ARE WITHIN AN AREA WHERE AN EVACUATION WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED, PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE STORM SURGE AND FLASH FLOODING IMPACTS OF BETA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE LIFE-THREATENING. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * SURGE: PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND COASTAL REGIONS FROM MATAGORDA BAY THROUGH GALVESTON BAY. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE: - AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE COAST. - SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS. - MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS. - MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS. SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED. * FLOODING RAIN: PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE EXTENSIVE IMPACTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE: - MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES. - RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED. - FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT. PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN BRAZOS VALLEY AND UP TOWARDS HOUSTON COUNTY. * WIND: PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE COAST, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LANDFALL LOCATION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR MATAGORDA BAY. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE: - SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS, ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, AND SHEDS. A FEW BUILDINGS EXPERIENCING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES. MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED, ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. - SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SEVERAL FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER. - SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. A FEW BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE. - SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, BUT MORE PREVALENT IN AREAS WITH ABOVE GROUND LINES. ALSO, PROTECT AGAINST HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. * TORNADOES: PROTECT AGAINST A TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ALONG THE COAST. POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE: - THE OCCURRENCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS DURING TROPICAL EVENTS. - A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS. - LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS PEELED OFF BUILDINGS, CHIMNEYS TOPPLED, MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED, LARGE TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES KNOCKED OVER, MOVING VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS, AND SMALL BOATS PULLED FROM MOORINGS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.
 
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Targt Area:   COASTAL GALVESTON; BRAZORIA ISLANDS; MONTGOMERY; WALKER; COLORADO; FORT BEND; POLK; WALLER; NORTHERN LIBERTY; INLAND MATAGORDA; COASTAL JACKSON; BRAZOS; COASTAL HARRIS; CHAMBERS; WHARTON; GRIMES; MADISON; TRINITY; MATAGORDA ISLANDS; INLAND GALVESTON; COASTAL BRAZORIA; BURLESON; SOUTHERN LIBERTY; GALVESTON ISLAND AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA; AUSTIN; SAN JACINTO; HOUSTON; INLAND JACKSON; INLAND HARRIS; COASTAL MATAGORDA; INLAND BRAZORIA; WASHINGTON

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