[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...TROPICAL STORM RITA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...LOCATED NEAR SHREVEPORT
LOUISIANA AT 700 PM CDT...

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO
CORSICANA AND CENTERVILLE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO HILLSBORO
AND KILLEEN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 94.0 WEST...MOVING NORTH AT 11 MPH.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 983 MB...WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...AND RITA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS LOCATED IN AND NEAR THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
SHOULD CONTINUE PERSONAL SAFETY PREPARATIONS IF NOT COMPLETED AT
THIS TIME.

DUE TO THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH DUSK...
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 WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  HOWEVER...WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-EVENING...
PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE
WIND GUSTS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SOME 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...
ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF WATER PONDING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
EASTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING.  HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD
AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NONE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 900 PM CDT
...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 TROPICAL STORM RITA.

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65/DD

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