Rest of Tonight...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph becoming 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
Friday...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows in the mid 70s inland...in the upper 70s coast. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Coastal Flood StatementIssued by the National Weather Service at 11:46 am CDT on July 24, 2008
... Minor tidal overflow expected this afternoon through tonight along the barrier islands and bays of the coastal Bend...
Moderate to strong south to southeast winds will continue through the afternoon hours as Tropical Storm Dolly slowly moves inland into Mexico. In the wake of Tropical Storm Dolly... higher than normal water levels are occurring in the bays along the middle Texas coast.
Water levels are about 2 feet above normal in the bays. Expect minor tidal overflow will continue into this evening as the Bay water levels slowly decline through tonight.
Also... large swells continue to slowly subside over the coastal waters as Dolly moves inland. Water levels remain about a foot and a half above normal late this morning. Expect higher than normal tide levels will occur again tonight around high tide... with water reaching the dunes. High tide at Port Aransas will be at 1105 PM tonight and at Port O'Connor at 754 am Friday morning.
Driving along area beaches is not advised due to high waterlines. If you become stranded... then leave your vehicle and seek safety on higher ground. Swimming and other marine-related activities are highly discouraged due to the threat from heavy surf and rip currents. Heavy surf and rip currents pose a danger to anyone in the water... even strong swimmers. If you are caught in a rip current... do not panic and swim parallel to the shoreline to escape the rip current.
