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BULLETIN
POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE ADVISORY NUMBER 2
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012026
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2026
...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA FROM POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE....
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOUISIANA
COAST...
SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.3N 97.6W
ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM SSW OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
ABOUT 330 MI...530 KM SW OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH...45 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE COAST OF LOUISIANA FROM
SABINE PASS TO MORGAN CITY.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* SABINE PASS TO MORGAN CITY
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* SARGENT TO SABINE PASS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN 12-24 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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AT 400 PM CDT (2100 UTC), THE DISTURBANCE WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE
27.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 97.6 WEST. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH (9 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. THE DISTURBANCE SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT,
MOVE ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND
MOVE BACK INLAND IN EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS OR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
LATE WEDNESDAY OR EARLY THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 30 MPH (45 KM/H) WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. WEAKENING IS
ANTICIPATED ON THURSDAY AFTER THE SYSTEM MOVES BACK OVER LAND.
* FORMATION CHANCE THROUGH 48 HOURS...HIGH...70 PERCENT.
* FORMATION CHANCE THROUGH 7 DAYS...HIGH...70 PERCENT.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB (29.68 INCHES).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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KEY MESSAGES FOR POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE CAN BE FOUND IN THE
TROPICAL CYCLONE DISCUSSION UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCDAT1 AND WMO
HEADER WTNT41 KNHC.
RAINFALL: POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES, WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS NEAR
20 INCHES, THROUGH THURSDAY FROM THE MID AND UPPER TEXAS COAST
EAST-NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA, ALONG WITH WESTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGIA AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS COULD GENERATE DANGEROUS TO
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF FORECAST RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH
POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE, PLEASE SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL GRAPHIC AVAILABLE AT
HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT1.SHTML?RAINQPF AND THE FLASH FLOOD RISK
GRAPHIC AT HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT1.SHTML?ERO
FOR A LIST OF RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS (AND WIND REPORTS) ASSOCIATED
THIS POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE, SEE THE COMPANION STORM SUMMARY AT
WBCSCCNS1 WITH THE WMO HEADER ACUS44 KWBC OR AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DISCUSSIONS/NFDSCC1.HTML
WIND: TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY AND WITHIN THE WARNING AREA ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
STORM SURGE: THE COMBINATION OF A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE AND THE
TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY
RISING WATERS MOVING INLAND FROM THE SHORELINE. THE WATER COULD
REACH THE FOLLOWING HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE IN THE INDICATED
AREAS IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...
PORT BOLIVAR, TX TO MORGAN CITY, LA...2-4 FT
THE DEEPEST WATER WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST NEAR AND TO
THE EAST OF THE LANDFALL LOCATION, WHERE THE SURGE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES. SURGE-RELATED FLOODING
DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE AND THE TIDAL CYCLE,
AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. FOR INFORMATION
SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF AREAS AT RISK OF STORM SURGE
INUNDATION, PLEASE SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEAK
STORM SURGE GRAPHIC, AVAILABLE AT
HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT1.SHTML?PEAKSURGE.
SURF: SWELLS GENERATED BY THE POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ARE
LIKELY TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS
ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
PLEASE CONSULT PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
A DEPICTION OF RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE UNITED STATES CAN BE FOUND
AT:
HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT1.SHTML?RIPCURRENTS
TORNADO: A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FROM THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA
AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 700 PM CDT.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 PM CDT.
FORECASTER BLAKE
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