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[cycloneye]

1104 AM HURRICANE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 26.08N 97.18W
07/23/2008 CAMERON TX COUNTY OFFICIAL

ALL POWER OUT TO ISLAND. DAMAGE TO CONDOS.

1104 AM HURRICANE PORT ISABEL 26.07N 97.22W
07/23/2008 CAMERON TX PUBLIC

POWER LINES DOWN. SCATTERED FLOODING.

1104 AM HURRICANE HARLINGEN 26.20N 97.69W
07/23/2008 CAMERON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN ON BUILDINGS.

1104 AM HURRICANE BROWNSVILLE 25.93N 97.48W
07/23/2008 CAMERON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

POWER LINES DOWN. SCATTERED FLOODING. DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Waterpouts in CRP bay and rain wrapped tornadoes or funnels near Los Fresnos, isolated pockets of more severe damage possible at a distance from landfall point and areas receiving max sustained winds.

[cycloneye]

WTNT34 KNHC 231658
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
HURRICANE DOLLY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042008
1200 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...DOLLY HESITATES...EYEWALL OF DOLLY CROSSING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF TEXAS FROM
BROWNSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI...AND FOR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM RIO SAN FERNANDO NORTHWARD TO THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO
AND THE UNITED STATES. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO PORT O'CONNOR.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM LA
PESCA TO SOUTH OF RIO SAN FERNANDO.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1200 PM CDT...1700Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.0 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES...
60 KM...NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

DOLLY HAS BEEN MEANDERING FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO BUT IT SHOULD
BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR SOON.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DOLLY WILL BE CROSSING
THE COAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
PERSONS ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS DURING THE RELATIVE
CALM OF THE EYE BECAUSE WINDS WILL SOON INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. DOLLY IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE
LIKELY ON HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH
IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL WITH A GRADUAL WEAKENING THEREAFTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES...220 KM. PORT ISABEL AIRPORT JUST MEASURED 58 MPH...92 KM/HR
SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH...113 KM/HR.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
PLANE WAS IS 967 MB...28.56 INCHES.

DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES...OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THESE
RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 1200 PM CDT POSITION...26.2 N...97.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...967 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400
PM CDT.

$$
FORECASTER AVILA

[cycloneye]

TXZ254>257-231900-
INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1153 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...STRONG WINDS LASHING THE COAST...

STRONG TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LASHING CAMERON
AND WILLACY COUNTY AT THIS TIME...AS THE EYE OF POWERFUL HURRICANE
DOLLY APPROACHES FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST.

REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT DAMAGE
TO STRUCTURES...UTILITY LINES...AND TREES HAS OCCURRED...AND IS
OCCURRING...IN THE CITIES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND PORT ISABEL.
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN BROWNSVILLE AND
HARLINGEN.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN SHELTERED INDOORS. DO NOT GO OUTSIDE
TO REMOVE DEBRIS WHEN THE EYE OF HURRICANE DOLLY MOVES ONSHORE...
AS DAMAGED TREES...POWERLINES...AND BUILDINGS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO
ANYONE OUTDOORS.

$$

TOMASELLI

[cycloneye]

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1130 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

TXC061-489-231830-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILLACY-CAMERON-
1130 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLMITO...HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT...
SAN BENITO...PORT ISABEL...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE

WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LASARA...RAYMONDVILLE...PORT
MANSFIELD

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR FROM HEAVY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED
WITH POWERFUL HURRICANE DOLLY OVER CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY.

* HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO AFFECT...
LOZANO...RIO HONDO.
SANTA MONICA...PORFIRIO...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.

AT 1130 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN THE CITIES
OF PORT ISABEL.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM FEEDER BANDS FROM HURRICANE DOLLY WILL CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING.

DON`T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 2600 9765 2605 9786 2644 9787 2647 9801
2661 9796 2660 9745 2635 9734 2627 9736
2627 9735 2630 9731 2612 9730 2608 9720
2609 9719 2660 9732 2660 9730 2632 9720
2596 9716 2594 9734 2586 9736 2584 9744

$$

TOMASELLI

[Ed Mahmoud]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1222 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH-CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TAFT...MOVING WEST AT 34 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TAFT BY 1230 PM CDT...
SINTON BY 1240 PM CDT...

[cycloneye]

Category 5



Joined: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:57 am
Posts: 1237
Location: The Mississippi Delta (near Memphis, TN) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
PORT ISABEL.


* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM RAINFALL OF FIVE INCHES PER HOUR
FROM A LARGE SQUALL OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PORT ISABEL TO PORT ISABEL...MOVING WEST AT 8 MPH.

* SQUALLS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLY BEACH.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.
LAGUNA VISTA.
LAGUNA HEIGHTS.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR...IN THE WARNED
AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND HOMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS...WILL BECOME INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY!

[dwsqos2]

Harlingen Observations...

SPECI KHRL 231913Z 30049G63KT 1/4SM +RA FG FEW002 BKN007 OVC014 23/23 A2925 RMK AO2 PK WND 31063/1913 PRESFR P0063 $

[CrazyC83]

2 tornadoes just reported:

1740 6 S BAYSIDE SAN PATRICIO TX 2800 9723 CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR CR136 AND 1177. SEVERAL TREES WERE UP ROOTED. THREE SHEDS COLLAPSED. RV BLOWN ON SIDE. ROOF TOPPLED OVER. REPORTED BY KIII TV 3. (CRP)
1755 4 ENE TAFT SAN PATRICIO TX 2800 9732 SHERIFF DEPUTIES CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN INTO COTTON FIELD. (CRP)

[yzerfan]

Dolly blamed for rip current death in FL Panhandle:

http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/25818979.html

One person has drowned and four others have been hospitalized after being pulled from rough Gulf of Mexico waters at Panama City Beach today.

In addition, at least nine others were rescued but were not hospitalized.

Double red flags have been flying since early Tuesday because of rip currents created by the swells and surf associated with Hurricane Dolly, hundreds of miles southwest of here.

This despite a heave SO presence trying to prevent vacationers from going into the rough surf.

[crownweather]

KGBT 4 from southern Texas is streaming LIVE!!

http://www.kgbt4.com

[dwsqos2]

Weslaco Observations...

METAR KT65 232225Z AUTO 30034G62KT 1SM RA OVC010 24/23 A2932 RMK AO2 P0036 T02420233

Nice typo.

[MiamiensisWx]

At 530 PM CDT, weakening Hurricane Dolly had slowed to a crawl and was centered over western Willacy County. The southwest side of the center continues to produce torrential rains which are quickly adding up from southern and southwestern Willacy County continuing into much of Cameron County, with heavy rains now heading into eastern Hidalgo and southeastern Brooks County. As the night wears on, the locally heavy rains will continue, with an additional 3 to 7 inches possible in these areas and the likelihood of 2 to 5 inches stretching into the western Lower Rio Grande Valley and Rio Grande Plains as Dolly weakens to a tropical storm but continues to spread heavy rains and gusty winds. Minor damage is still possible especially in eastern Hidalgo, Willacy, and Cameron County. Such damage will include more downed tree limbs, power lines, and minor structural damage. Extensive damage reports in Willacy, as well as across eastern Cameron County and especially from Port Isabel to South Padre Island, continue to trickle in. A brief summary of reports so far is listed below.

Considerable freshwater flooding may continue well into the night from eastern Hidalgo through Cameron County, with structures threatened in some areas along with potentially high waters in poor drainage areas with life threatening conditions possible! Residents are urged to remain indoors until conditions begin to improve sometime on Thursday. Significant flooding has been reported in Harlingen as of 530 PM. State Officials reported two feet of water in portions of downtown, with water in homes near Jackson Streeet. Police reported flooding on Polk, Taylor, Pierce, Filmore, and Commerce Streets. Meanwhile, streets in subdivisions on the north side of the city had up to six inches of water covering the ground. Estimated rainfall between 5 and up to 12 inches in Cameron County have caused widespread flooding of poor drainage areas from Brownsville to Port Isabel and South Padre Island. Numerous roads are covered in water, with poor drainage locations impassible.

Extensive damage reports continue to trickle in to the NWS office from South Padre Island. Dozens of roofs have been reported torn off of residences and businesses, and a large amount of debris was noted on roads. Included landmarks were the Radisson Resort, the Holiday Inn, and the Sea Ranch Restaurant. One person was reported sucked out of a doorway on a 7th floor condominium where he fell and was injured. Hundreds, if not thousands, of trees and limbs have been damaged throughout Cameron and Willacy Counties. Extensive property damage has also been reported along State Highway 186 between Raymondville and Port Mansfield, where the southwestern eyewall continued to wreak havoc. Stay tuned for updates later this evening.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/bro/news/2008/dolly_news_update.htm

[CrazyC83]

CNN: NO deaths yet from the final landfall.

[msbee]

Thank God for that!

[Ed Mahmoud]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1014 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL DEWITT COUNTY...
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTY...
SOUTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY...
NORTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTY...
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

* AT 1011 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GILLETT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORKTOWN...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 21 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GILLETT BY 1040 AM CDT...
NIXON AND PANDORA BY 1100 AM CDT...