Port Aransas, Texas

The Flood Warning continues for
the Aransas river near Skidmore.
* Until Wednesday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:15 PM Tuesday the stage was 10.3 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise above flood stage overnight and crest
just above 13 feet early Wednesday morning.

* At 13.0 feet minor lowland flooding occurs which will could impact
a few residences. Crops and pasture lands are threatened.



Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:


                      fld latest forecast 6 am lst
location stg stg day time Wed Thu Fri Sat sun

Aransas river
Skidmore 13 10.3 Tue 09 PM 10.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6

... Coastal Flood Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM CDT this
evening...

A coastal Flood Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM CDT this
evening.

Water levels will remain above normal through high tide today.
During high Tide Water levels along the barrier island will
reach 2 to 2.25 feet msl... and across the bays between 1.5 and
2 feet msl. At these levels... water will reach the dunes of the
barrier islands. Water will begin to flood some picnic areas on
North Beach. Water crosses over Laguna shores drive in Flour
Bluff... with the lowest sections becoming impassable.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A coastal Flood Advisory indicates that onshore winds and tides
will combine to generate flooding of low areas along the shore.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Victoria...

A record rainfall of 3.73 inches was set at Victoria yesterday
September 7th. This breaks the old record of 1.41 set in 1986.

09/06/2010 1115 am

2 miles se of Port Aransas, Nueces County.

Storm surge e2.15 ft, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            High tides have been observed along north Padre Island
            and Mustang Island... with water reaching the dunes in
            several locations.




09/07/2010 0600 am

Corpus Christi, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by ASOS.


            Corpus Christi International Airport ASOS gusted to 53
            mph. Sustained winds 40 mph.




09/07/2010 0607 am

Corpus Christi, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by ASOS.


            55 mph wind gust recorded at corpus chriti Intl ASOS.
            Over 2300 customers currently without power in Nueces
            County and over 4300 in Kleberg County.




09/07/2010 0430 am

Bishop, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter reported roof damage to a home on Alamo street in
            Bishop.




09/07/2010 0545 am

Robstown, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by mesonet.


            Robstown recorded a 52 mph wind gust.




09/07/2010 0430 am

Bishop, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter reported roof damage to a home on Alamo street in
            Bishop.





09/07/2010 0607 am

Corpus Christi, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by ASOS.


            55 mph wind gust recorded at corpus chriti Intl ASOS.
            Over 2300 customers currently without power in Nueces
            County and over 4300 in Kleberg County.





09/07/2010 0545 am

Robstown, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by mesonet.


            Robstown recorded a 52 mph wind gust.




09/07/2010 0600 am

Corpus Christi, Nueces County.

Tropical storm, reported by ASOS.


            Corpus Christi International Airport ASOS gusted to 53
            mph. Sustained winds 40 mph.





09/06/2010 1115 am

2 miles se of Port Aransas, Nueces County.

Storm surge e2.15 ft, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            High tides have been observed along north Padre Island
            and Mustang Island... with water reaching the dunes in
            several locations.

Tropical Storm Hermine moved across south Texas from Brownsville to
Alice and then through San Antonio.

The following are reports for rainfall totals and peak winds
during the tropical storm.

Location peak wind sustained wind rain

Kingsville NAS 63 mph 49 mph 2.47 inches
corpus christ Arpt 55 40 2.35
Alice Airport 54 40 3.06
Orange Grove 54 41 2.18
Rockport Aransas cty 52 39 3.63
Robstown 52 37 1.46
Beeville 49 35 1.05
Waldron Field 47 33 2.99
cabinass field 47 36 2.17
Matagorda Island RAWS 47 26 4.17
McCampbell 46 31 M
Victoria Arpt 45 33 4.89
George West RAWS 45 26 2.67
Corpus Christi NAS M 33 2.79
Aransas RAWS 44 17 6.37
Port Lavaca 38 29 2.52
Victoria RAWS 36 20 4.47
McMullen range 30 21 0.80
Cotulla Arpt 21 15 0.98
Laredo Arpt 15 12 0.17

Mustang oil platform 68 52
buoy 20 49 38

Other stations:
Port Aransas 63
Packery Channel 56
Baffin Bay 56
bob Hall pier 54
South Bird Island 52
Port Oconnor 52
Rockport 48
sea drift 47


Bob Hall pier 2.9 feet msl
Port Aransas 2.3
Texas aquarium 2.3
Ingleside 2.2
Rockport 2.2
Port Oconnor 2.1
Packery Channel 1.6
Baffin Bay 1.5


Rainfall network (coop and cocorahs reports as of 7 am tuesday):

Guadalupe Victoria 7.33 inches
Victoria 14 NW 6.00
Victoria 2 S 5.99
Aransas wildlife 5.75
Victoria 5 NW 5.45
Bloomington 5.30
Victoria 2 W 5.00
Victoria cwop 5.01
Austwell 4.80
Port Aransas 1 NE 4.64
Seadrift 1 E 4.62
Port Oconnor cwop 4.39
Schroeder 4.17
Goliad 6 NE 4.14
Inez 5 SW 3.96
Rockport city 3.80
Goliad 1 NW 3.70
coleto creek 3.54
Orange Grove 3.40
Refugio 3.36
Weser 3.25
Calallen 3.22
Corpus Christi cwop 3.06
Ingleside cwop 2.71
Odem 4 se 2.60
Kingsville 8 se 2.52
Corpus Christi 4 SW 2.52
Woodsboro 2.38
Victoria fire 2.30
Flour Bluff 1 SW 2.09
Three Rivers 2.05
San Diego 2.00
Bishop 1.93
Mathis cwop 1.90