Hurricane Local Statement for DOLLY

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLLY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
234 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...DOLLY WEAKENING AND MOVING A LITTLE FASTER...

.AT 100 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.8 WEST...VERY NEAR
THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO TEXAS.

DOLLY HAS INCREASED ITS FORWARD SPEED AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
UNTIL DISSIPATION IN A DAY OR SO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO A FEW RAINBANDS TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.

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ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR-
234 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND
STARR COUNTIES. FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED IF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL RATES DEVELOP.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ZAPATA AND
JIM HOGG COUNTIES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER SUBSIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH PERHAPS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4
INCHES...LOCALLY 5 INCHES...IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. TRAILING FEEDER BANDS ARE STILL MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH
OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AS DOLLY MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS IS THE FINAL STATEMENT ON DOLLY.

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