PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 10 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL052007 10 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007 ...ERIN CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTHWESTWARD AND BRINGS MORE HEAVY RAIN TO TEXAS... AT 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.1 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES... 40 KM...SOUTH OF HONDO TEXAS. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL MOSTLY NORTH OF THE CENTER AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWESTWARD TOWARDS WEST TEXAS. BOTH THE HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO METRO AREAS HAVE SEEN FLOODING RAINS FROM THIS SYSTEM WITH MANY REPORTS OF RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH...20 TO 30 KM/HR...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REMAINS NEAR 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES AND IS SLOWLY FILLING. FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. THE REMNANTS OF ERIN CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AROUND 10 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED IN WEST TEXAS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES. SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY ...TEXAS... HOUSTON METRO AREA LOCKWOOD (HUNTING BAYOU) 9.61 SENS RD 9.25 LITTLE CEDAR BAYOU @8TH ST 8.31 SIMS BAYOU @MARTIN LUTHER KING 7.52 SOUTH MCGREGOR WAY 7.05 HOUSTON INT AIRPORT 2.53 SAN ANTONIO/STINSON MUNI ARPT 8.47 KELLY AFB/SAN ANTONIO 7.14 6 WSW BOERNE 5.84 PALACIOS 4.98 HONDO 4.58 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 4.35 REPEATING THE 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY POSITION...29.1 NORTH...AND 99.1 WEST...NORTHWESTWARD MOVEMENT NEAR 10 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIN WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM CDT FRIDAY. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. KOCIN FORECAST POSITIONS INITIAL 17/0300Z 29.1N 99.1W 12HR VT 17/1200Z 30.1N 100.9W 24HR VT 18/0000Z 31.3N 101.7W