News Item: Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
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...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1000 PM CDT TUE SEP 24 2002
...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FROM BAFFIN BAY TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...
...HEAVY SURF/DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT ADVISORIES ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE SAME AREA...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF KENEDY...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES...AND THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA AND PORT MANSFIELD.
TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE...NOW LOCATED OVER THE GULF WATERS ABOUT 120 MILES NORTH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND IS MOVING NORTH ALONG 90 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE. WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE OBSERVED AT 25 TO 35 KNOTS. THESE NORTH WINDS ARE BUILDING LARGE...LONG PERIOD SWELLS ALONG THE TEXAS COASTLINE.
THE BUOY 35 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE PORT MANSFIELD JETTIES CONTINUES TO REPORT WAVES HEIGHTS AT 11 TO 12 FEET IN LONG PERIODS SWELLS AND SEAS. MEANWHILE...THE BUOY 225 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PORT ISABEL...AND CLOSER TO THE DYNAMICS OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE...SHOWS WAVE HEIGHTS OF 13 TO 15 FEET IN LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND SEAS. AS TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE MOVES STEADILY NORTH ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...THE WIND AND SWELL ACTIVITY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WILL CONTINUE TO THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
CURRENT TIDAL LEVELS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE ARE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THE INCOMING SWELLS WILL INCREASE THE TIDE LEVELS TO 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN COASTAL FLOODING OF MUCH OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. THESE ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS ISIDORE BEGINS MOVES NORTH IN THE GULF TOWARDS LOUISIANA.
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT WITHIN LESS THAN 12 HOURS. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
SWIMMING AND OTHER MARINE-RELATED ACTIVITY IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND LIKELY BEYOND...DUE TO THE THREAT POSED BY HEAVY SURF AND RIP CURRENTS.
FOR THE MOST CURRENT WEATHER AND MARINE INFORMATION TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS....
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