danielwAdministrator
(Moderator)
Wed Sep 12 2007 05:19 PM
Humberto

Beaumont and others in the Areas of SW La and SE TX... especially those South of Interstate 10.

While Humberto is:
Close to shore- 50 miles south of Galveston
Has maximum winds of 50 mph

The storm is moving at 7 mph. So that would give a current minimum of 8 hours ...for the northern half of the storm to make landfall!

You are looking at 12 hours minumum of rainfall at varible rates.


Nightfall will be arriving in about 4 hours.
The system has intensified from nothing at all 24 hours ago to it's present 50 mph Tropical Storm status.
The pressure is still dropping-bad sign

See the links below for local NWS Hurricane Local Statements from TX and LA.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/index_hls4.shtml

If you live or know someone that lives in an area that has flash flooded or flooded before.
Please make plans now-before dark, to evacuate your home or work if Local NWS and Emergency Management Officials issue orders to do so