COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 345 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST
EARLY THIS MORNING...
.A LONG FETCH OF EASTERLY WINDS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF WILL
RESULT IN SWELLS THAT WILL ELEVATE TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING.
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ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST AS STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS PERSIST.
TIDE LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 2.0 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER LEVEL. TIDE LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE LATER TODAY TO BETWEEN 0.5 TO 1.5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL LIKELY RANGE
FROM 2.7 TO 3.4 FEET...WITH A FEW SPOTS POSSIBLY SEEING LEVELS
AS HIGH AS 3.7 FEET. THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WILL SWING DOWN
TO A LOW TIDE LATER THIS MORNING.
ANOTHER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
ANOTHER ROUND OF ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS MAY OCCUR. HOWEVER...THE
EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GREATLY DIMINISH. THUS...ACTUAL
TIDE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY ONLY RUN FROM
1.5 TO 2.5 FEET...WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING LEVELS FROM
2.5 TO 3.0 FEET.
LOCATION      HIGH TIDE TIMES     EXPECTED WATER MAX
CLEAR LAKE ENTRANCE...
SAT  9:39 PM.       1.8 FEET.
EAGLE POINT...
SAT  7:28 PM.       1.9 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...
SAT  3:48 PM.       2.8 FEET.
SAT 11:15 PM.       1.6 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
SAT  3:34 PM.       2.8 FEET.
SAT 11:01 PM.       1.6 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
SAT  2:28 PM.       3.0 FEET.
SAT  9:55 PM.       2.2 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...
SAT  1:34 AM.       1.8 FEET.
SAT  6:12 PM.       1.4 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...
SAT  3:25 PM.       2.6 FEET.
SAT 10:52 PM.       1.5 FEET.
FREEPORT...
SAT  2:50 PM.       2.7 FEET.
SAT 10:17 PM.       2.0 FEET.
PORT O CONNOR...
SAT  8:51 PM.       1.9 FEET.
NOTE:  TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 242 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 700 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
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WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON-
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING EAST OF BROWNSVILLE.
THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND ENHANCE TIDE
LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AT HIGH TIDE...TIDE LEVELS
WILL RANGE FROM 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET. AT THIS TIME...ONLY MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SO A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH/WARNING HAS NOT BEEN
ISSUED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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