[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1107 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

...HURRICANE IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
   ACROSS THE LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY...

.AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.3 WEST OR ABOUT
225 MILES... 365 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND
ABOUT 430 MILES... 690 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF IKE MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...
THE HURRICANE IS GENERALLY MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR
8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WHICH WOULD TAKE IKE
THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED AND IKE COULD
BE A MAJOR HURRICANE TOMORROW.    IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES...
130 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED FROM A NOAA
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

GMZ550-570-575-111615-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TR.W.0001.080910T1607Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
1107 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

.AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.3 WEST OR ABOUT
225 MILES... 365 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND
ABOUT 430 MILES... 690 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF IKE MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...
THE HURRICANE IS GENERALLY MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR
8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WHICH WOULD TAKE IKE
THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED AND IKE COULD
BE A MAJOR HURRICANE TOMORROW. IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES... 130
KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED FROM A NOAA
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
OUT 60 NM.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD PREPARE TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THE
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

EAST WINDS 35 TO 45 KNOTS GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS ARE LIKELY IN THE
LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS OUT 60 NM OUT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT... BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 TO 35 KNOTS GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS
FRIDAY.

...SEAS...

A 10 TO 12 SECOND SWELL TRAIN WAS ALREADY ENTERING THE COASTAL
WATERS TODAY. SWELL HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 10 FEET TODAY WILL BE BUILDING
12 TO 15 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS WILL BE
INCREASING TO 18 TO 22 FEET WITH RANDOM WAVES 25 TO 30 FEET THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY 20 TO 60 NM OUT. NEAR SHORE AND IN
SHOAL AREAS...SEAS OF 12 FEET WITH RANDOM BREAKERS TO 15 FEET ARE
EXPECTED.

...TORNADOES...

WATERSPOUTS WILL BE LIKELY FROM SQUALLS THAT COMPRISE THE OUTER
BANDS OF HURRICANE IKE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 430 PM CDT TODAY.

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