Wednesday, September 12, 2007

TS HUMBERTO Public Advisory 3

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092007
10:00 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007
HUMBERTO STRENGTHENS SOME MORE AS ITS CENTER APPROACHES THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST...
AT 10 PM CDT... 0300Z... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM SARGENT TEXAS
WESTWARD IS DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST
OF SARGENT TEXAS TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

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

AT 10:00 PM CDT... 0:300 Z... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 94.6 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES...
40 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR AND
THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER SHOULD BE
CROSSING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA EARLY ON THURSDAY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH... 100 KM/HR... WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS... AND WINDS COULD BE APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE OVER A SMALL
AREA CLOSE TO WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM FROM THE
CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB... 29.38 INCHES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TRACK OF HUMBERTO
THROUGH EASTERN TEXAS AS WELL AS WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

REPEATING THE 10:00 PM CDT POSITION...29.0 N...94.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1:00 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4:00 AM CDT.
FORECASTER PASCH
This information is provided as a public service from the National Hurricane
Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

or

http://hurricanes.gov

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