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TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE LOCAL STATEMENT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX AL062024
113 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTH TEXAS
**TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE MOVING AWAY, WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER
THE OFFSHORE WATERS **
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARANSAS TX OR ABOUT 230 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT OCONNOR TX
- 25.3N 95.2W
- STORM INTENSITY 65 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTHEAST OR 35 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND THE WATCH
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BAYS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS TROPICAL
STORM FRANCINE IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO IMPACT THESE AREAS. THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER, AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE AND
FRANCINE MOVES AWAY, THE REMAINING WARNING MAY ALSO BE DISCONTINUED
ON A LATER FORECAST PACKAGE.
CURRENTLY, FRANCINE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 9 MPH.
SOME OF THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
THE COASTAL WATERS AND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND TODAY. FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED, WITH THE STORM
BECOMING A HURRICANE EITHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR OVERNIGHT.
FRANCINE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING
LANDFALL ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THIS IS THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT.
COASTAL FLOODING WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS
ALL AREA BEACHES, ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. INUNDATION
OF UP TO 3 FEET MAY CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS. SEAS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
LITTLE TO NO IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
* SURGE:
LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SURGE IMPACTS EXPECTED. HOWEVER, COASTAL
FLOODING WITH UP TO 3 FEET INUNDATION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AT
LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* FLOODING RAIN:
LITTLE TO NO IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
* TORNADOES:
LITTLE TO NO IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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NUMEROUS ROADS WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED. BEACH ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE.
LOW LYING PROPERTY INCLUDING HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND SOME CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE INUNDATED. SOME SHORELINE EROSION WILL OCCUR.
RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS AWAY FROM
SHORE INTO DEEPER WATER. THESE RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE-THREATENING
TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON TEXAS EVACUATION ROUTES, SEE
TXDOT.GOV/DRIVER/WEATHER/HURRICANE.HTML
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING EMERGENCY KITS, SEE TEXASREADY.GOV
- FOR STATE ASSISTANCE IN AN EMERGENCY EVENT,
TDEM.TEXAS.GOV/RESPONSE/STATE-OF-TEXAS-EMERGENCY-ASSISTANCE-REGISTRY
- FOR INFORMATION ON REGISTERING FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS IN YOUR
AREA VISIT THE WEBSITES BELOW...
- CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES COUNTY: CCTEXAS.COM/REVERSEALERT
- SAN PATRICIO, ARANSAS, AND REFUGIO COUNTY: COASTALPLAINLEPC.ORG
- VICTORIA COUNTY: VCTX.ORG/PAGE/OEM.HOME
- CALHOUN COUNTY: WWW.CALHOUNCOTX.ORG
NEXT UPDATE
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AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI TX REGARDING
THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.
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