000 WTNT35 KNHC 161153 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052007 700 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 ...ERIN MAKING LANDFALL ON THE TEXAS COAST NEAR LAMAR AND WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION... AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE TEXAS COAST HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN IS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.2 WEST...NEAR LAMAR TEXAS OR ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...BRINGING THE CENTER FARTHER INLAND TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OVER LAND TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST TODAY. REPEATING THE 700 AM CDT POSITION...28.0 N...97.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER AVILA