[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...RITA NOW INLAND OVER FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND HAS WEAKENED TO A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PARTS OF
NORTH TEXAS...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON AND LEON
COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR ANDERSON...
HOPKINS...FREESTONE...HENDERSON...LEON...LIMESTONE...NAVARRO...VAN
ZANDT...RAINS...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.4
NORTH LATITUDE AND 94.2 WEST LONGITUDE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 85 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS LOCATED IN AND NEAR THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
SHOULD COMPLETE PREPARATIONS NOW BEFORE CONDITIONS START TO
DETERIORATE.

DUE TO THE VERY 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.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS UPWARDS TO 50
MPH...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND POSSIBLY
EXTENDING INTO THIS EVENING. THE WIND GUSTS COULD 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 5 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...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 AROUND 1000 AM CDT
...OR POSSIBLY 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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