THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE
AREAS:CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...HARRIS...LIBERTY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
MOST MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE DAMAGE. SOME OF POOR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...ANDGUTTERS. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. DOZENS OF WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS.MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND ROTTING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE UPROOTED.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ONTUESDAY. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSSCOASTAL AREAS OF BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED.ACROSS SOUTHERN LIBERTY AND EASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD PEAK IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE TUESDAYDURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS
....INLAND FLOODING...
AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONGAND NEAR THE TRACK OF EDOUARD. THIS RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBAN AREAS
....TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL BE A POSSIBILITY AS THE TROPICAL STORM APPROACHES AND RAIN BANDS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COASTLINE.THIS THREAT SHOULD BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTOTHE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY.
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