[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...

...THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF ANDERSON...FREESTONE...
HENDERSON...LEON...LIMESTONE...NAVARRO AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...
FREESTONE...HENDERSON...LEON...LIMESTONE...NAVARRO AND ROBERTSON
COUNTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR
ANDERSON...FREESTONE...HENDERSON...LEON...LIMESTONE...NAVARRO AND
ROBERTSON COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
28.2 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 92.6 WEST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 930 MB WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF
125 MPH.

RITA IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
BORDER BEFORE SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING.  RITA WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES INLAND...BUT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY AFFECT THE
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED.  POWER OUTAGES MAY BE
POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES...A FULL TANK OF
GAS...CASH...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND JUST IN
CASE.

MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS IF ASKED TO EVACUATE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WATCH AREA.  WIND GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR ANY
THUNDERSTORMS AND MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND
POWER LINES...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES
SUCH AS MOBILE HOMES...SHEDS...OPEN CAR PORTS...AND OUT-BUILDINGS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...THE TORNADO
THREAT WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO EAST TEXAS...EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER OF RITA TRACKS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 11 PM...OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA
TO CONTINUE MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON HURRICANE RITA.

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