COASTAL FLOOD WARNING for Upper Texas Coast

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COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...COR WATCH WORDING TO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
415 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

TXZ214-235>238-201700-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
337 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...BRAZORIA...JACKSON AND MATAGORDA.

HARRIS COUNTY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.

A COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS LOOKS TO BE COMING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE
COASTAL FLOODING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST. LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE EMILY ARE
CURRENTLY MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
THESE SWELLS COULD BUILD HAS HIGH AS 8 TO 12 FEET NEARSHORE...AND
UPWARDS OF 20 FEET WELL OFFSHORE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...EASTERLY
WINDS IN THE COASTAL WATERS WILL ESSENTIALLY TRAP WATER ALONG THE
COASTLINE. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE ALREADY RUNNING 2.5 TO 3.0
FEET. PROBLEMS BEGIN ARISING ONCE OBSERVED LEVELS REACH 4.0 FEET.
EXPECT TIDES TO RISE TO 2 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL - PRODUCING
OBSERVED TIDE LEVELS BETWEEN 3.5 AND 5 FEET.

AREA SURFCAMS ON THE INTERNET ALREADY SHOW WATER UP TO THE DUNES AT
SOME LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...SINCE LOW TIDE WILL BE ARRIVING THIS
EVENING...WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE COASTAL FLOOD THREAT TO BEGIN
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD MORNING WHEN HIGH TIDE AGAIN OCCURS
AT AREA BEACHES. THE PRIMARY FLOOD THREAT IS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COASTLINE AND BEACHES DUE TO WAVE RUN UP. SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION
IS POSSIBLE.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE CONTAINING LOCATIONS...TIME OF HIGH TIDE...
AND PREDICTED TIDE LEVEL FOR WEDNESDAY.

NOTE: THE PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS BELOW ARE CALCULATED WITH THE
FOLLOWING FORMULA:
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVEL + LEVEL ABOVE NORMAL = FORECAST TIDE LEVEL.

FORECAST
LOCATION DATE TIME TIDE LEVEL

GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER WED 5:00 AM 5.1 FEET

GALVESTON CHANNEL WED 6:27 AM 4.0 FEET

PORT BOLIVAR WED 6:41 AM 4.0 FEET

EAGLE POINT WED 10:21 AM 3.5 FEET

CLEAR LAKE WED 12:32 PM 3.5 FEET

MORGANS POINT WED 4:48 PM 3.5 FEET

JAMAICA BEACH (BAYSIDE) WED 9:05 AM 3.6 FEET

SAN LUIS PASS WED 6:18 AM 3.8 FEET

FREEPORT WED 5:43 AM 4.5 FEET

PORT O'CONNOR WED 12:03 PM 3.4 FEET

IN ADDITION...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A THREAT ALONG AREA BEACHES...
ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. SWIMMERS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF
GULF WATERS!

PERSONS IN THE COASTAL AREA SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT ANY
PROPERTY THAT MAY BE AFFECTED WITH ELEVATED WATER LEVELS. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

[Air Force Met]

I just got a gust to 27 as the feeder band moved through. Looking at the radar there is more on the way.