WTUS84 KCRP 300409 HLSCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION DON LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...DON MOVES INLAND AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION SO ALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. .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... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION DON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2N...LONGITUDE 97.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PORT ARANSAS TX...OR ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT O'CONNOR TX. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH. THIS IS BELOW TROPICAL STORM CRITERION...SO THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL DEPRESSION DON CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND NEAR BAFFIN BAY. WHILE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...ELEVATED SEAS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND WINDS WILL BE SUFFICIENT OVER THE WATERS. THUS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN ANY SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUALLS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALSO...THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL STILL EXIST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH RAINFALL ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM EAST TO WEST SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEBB COUNTY. LOWER RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MANY CASUALTIES OCCUR AFTER A STORM HAS PASSED. BE SMART AND USE CAUTION. CONTINUE TO HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. WAIT FOR THE ALL-CLEAR SIGNAL BEFORE RE-ENTERING EVACUATION ZONES OR ANY AREA THAT EXPERIENCED OR IS EXPERIENCING COASTAL FLOODING. PEOPLE ARE STILL DISCOURAGED FROM SWIMMING AS THE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH. PAY ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES...MAINLY ALONG BEACH ACCESS ROADS WHERE COASTAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLY STILL OCCURRING. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE NOW POSTED FOR ALL MARINE INTERESTS. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. TXZ242>247-300515- /O.CAN.KCRP.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS OR WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND INFORMATION. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... HIGH SWELLS FROM DON HAVE RESULTED IN TIDE LEVELS FROM AROUND 1 FOOT TO AROUND 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS. AS A RESULT...THERE LIKELY IS SOME INUNDATION OF AREA BEACHES WITH WATER REACHING INTO THE DUNES AND FLOODING ACCESS ROADS. WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH DON WILL PRODUCE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND DANGEROUS SURF. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ TXZ241-300515- /O.CAN.KCRP.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ JIM WELLS- 1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS OR WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND INFORMATION. $$ GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-300515- /O.CAN.KCRP.TR.W.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR ALL MARINE INTERESTS AT LEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS OR WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND INFORMATION. $$ WILK