[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1006 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...RITA DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...CONTINUING TO MOVE TO
THE NORTH...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
BONHAM...TO CRANDALL.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.0 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 93.9 WEST...OR APPROXIMATELY
40 MILES NORTH OF SHREVEPORT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 11 MPH.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH.  ALTHOUGH RITA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION...IT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
BONHAM...TO CRANDALL...SHOULD SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS. BRIEF POWER OUTAGES MAY BE POSSIBLE...
SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...SPARE BATTERIES...AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS
AVAILABLE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS.  THE WIND GUSTS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SOME
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO
LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
NONE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA.
UPDATED INFORMATION ON LINGERING EFFECTS FROM RITA WILL BE GIVEN IN
OUR NON PRECIPITATION ADVISORY AND SHORT TERM FORECAST PRODUCTS.

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