Info HWO Hazardous Weather Outlook — Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:28 AM

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1224 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

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BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-
MCMULLEN-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB-
1224 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTHERN GULF OF 
MEXICO ALONG WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL PRODUCE MINOR 
TIDAL OVERFLOW THROUGH TONIGHT.  TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET 
ABOVE NORMAL.  AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... 
MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS EXPECTED WITH WATER REACHING THE DUNES ON 
THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND POSSIBLY FLOODING SOME BEACH ACCESS ROADS. 
IN ADDITION...SOME LOW LYING ROADS AROUND CORPUS CHRISTI BAY MAY 
BECOME FLOODED AT HIGH TIDE TONIGHT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEAS OF 7 FEET AND HIGHER 
ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS.  THIS ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED 
TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS FOR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY AS MINOR TIDAL 
OVERFLOW CONTINUES.

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS MONITORING A SYSTEM IN THE NORTHERN 
GULF AND THIS MAY AFFECT THE WATERS AND NORTHEAST COASTAL BEND BY 
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.  A TROPICAL CYCLONE MAY DEVELOP.  THE 
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE SEAS AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES 
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRIEFLY 
DIMINISH SUNDAY THEN INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY IN RESPONSE TO A COLD 
FRONT. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES 
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.