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Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/30/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/29/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/28/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/27/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/26/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/25/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/24/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/23/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/22/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/21/2019 Normal
NOAA // Hurricane Jerry and other Tropical Wave09/21/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/20/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/19/2019 Normal
NOAA // Tropical Weather Outlook 09/18/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/18/2019 Normal
NOAA // TROPICAL DEPRESSION IMELDA 09/17/2019 Normal
NOAA // Tropical Weather Outlook // TS IMELDA 09/17/2019 Normal
Tropical Storm Imelda- NWS Houston/Galveston - 3PM Webinar Briefing09/17/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/17/2019 Normal
NOAA // Tropical Weather Outlook09/17/2019 Normal
NOAA // TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK09/16/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Storm Outlook 09/16/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/16/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/15/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather 09/15/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Outlook 09/14/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/14/2019 Normal
NOAA // Potential Tropical Cyclones and Disturbances 09/13/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/13/2019 Normal
NOAA // Tropical Weather Outlook 09/12/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/12/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/11/2019 Normal
NOAA // TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK 09/11/2019 Normal
NOAA // Tropical Disturbance # 1 09/10/2019 Normal
NOAA // Tropical Weather 09/10/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/10/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Outlook 09/09/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/09/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Disturbances 09/08/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/08/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/07/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/06/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Updates / Hurricane Dorian // Tropical Storm Fernand // Tropical Storm Gabrielle // TD # 109/04/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/04/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Updates / Hurricane Dorian // Tropical Storm Fernand // TD # 1 // TD # 8 09/04/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Updates / Hurricane Dorian // Tropical Disturbance # 1 // TD # 2 // TD # 3 // TD # 409/03/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/03/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Updates / Hurricane Dorian // Tropical Disturbance # 1 // TD # 2 // TD # 3 // TD # 409/02/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Updates / Hurricane Dorian // Tropical Disturbance # 1 // TD # 2 // TD # 3 // TD # 409/02/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/02/2019 Normal
NOAA Tropical Weather Updates / Hurricane Dorian // Tropical Disturbance # 1 // TD # 2 // TD # 3 09/02/2019 Normal
NOAA Hurricane and Tropical Disturbances Update09/01/2019 Normal
Houston, Galveston, Texas City, & Freeport, TX - Daily Port Update 09/01/2019 Normal

Daily Port Update
Subject:NOAA // TROPICAL DEPRESSION IMELDA
Date:Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Priority:Normal
Notice:

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">000

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">WTNT41 KNHC 172033

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">TCDAT1

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Tropical Storm Imelda Discussion Number   2

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL112019

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">400 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2019

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Shortly after the earlier NHC Special Advisory, the cyclone quickly

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">intensified just before it made landfall near Freeport, Texas

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">around 1800 UTC.  A National Ocean Service observing site near

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Freeport, Texas, reported sustained winds of 35 kt with a gust to

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">41 kt, and a minimum pressure of 1005.6 mb.  A Weather flow station

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">at Surfside Beach also measured sustained winds of 35 kt with a gust

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">to 44 kt.  The advisory intensity is set at 35 kt based on recent

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Doppler velocities within some of the rain bands that are still

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">offshore.

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Imelda joins a list of several systems in the northwestern Gulf of

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Mexico that formed and intensified very near the Texas coast. Other

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">recent examples include Allison in 2001 and Humberto in 2007.

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Thankfully, in this case Imelda made landfall before significant

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">strengthening could occur.  Now that the center is moving inland,

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">gradual weakening is expected.  It cannot be stressed enough,

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">however, that the primary threat from Imelda remains very heavy

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding that will spread

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">northward into eastern Texas and portions of western Louisiana

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">during the next day or so.

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Imelda is moving northward at about 6 kt. The cyclone should

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">continue to move slowly northward to north-northwestward around the

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">western side of a mid-level ridge over the Tennessee Valley until

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">dissipation occurs in a couple of days.  The updated NHC track

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">forecast has been nudged eastward but remains near the center of the

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">tightly clustered track guidance.

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Key Messages:

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">1. This system is likely to produce life-threatening flash flooding

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">along portions of the Upper Texas Coast, including the Houston and

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Galveston areas.

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">INIT  17/2100Z 29.3N  95.3W   35 KT  40 MPH

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">12H  18/0600Z 30.1N  95.2W   30 KT  35 MPH...INLAND

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">24H  18/1800Z 30.8N  95.3W   25 KT  30 MPH...INLAND

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">36H  19/0600Z 31.4N  95.4W   25 KT  30 MPH...INLAND

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">48H  19/1800Z 32.1N  95.6W   20 KT  25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">72H  20/1800Z...DISSIPATED

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<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">$$

<span-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Forecaster Brown

U.S. RAINFALL POTENTIAL

Notice posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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