[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
130 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA...

.AT 100 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 645
MILES...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 305 MILES...SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO IS EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY.

DATA FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ALTHOUGH
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD...AND
IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TODAY OR ON FRIDAY.

IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ALONG MUCH OF THE
NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...
BUT WILL BE INCREASING ALONG THE WESTERN GULF COAST AS IKE
APPROACHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

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ASSUMPTION-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
130 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AT 100 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 645
MILES...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 305 MILES...SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO IS EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY.

DATA FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ALTHOUGH
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD...AND
IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TODAY OR ON FRIDAY.

IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES.


...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES SHOULD
RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL ACTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
EXPOSED TO SALT WATER INUNDATION. ALSO...LOOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE
TIED DOWN OR BROUGHT INDOORS TO AVOID BECOME PROJECTILES IN HIGH
WINDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND REMAIN ANOMALOUSLY
HIGH INTO SATURDAY BEFORE SLOWLY ABATING LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY.

FLOODING OF COASTAL AREAS...INCLUDING ROADWAYS...OUTSIDE OF
HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED.

...WINDS...
EAST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
EXTREME LOWER PART OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH MAINLY BELOW HEAD OF
PASSES AFTER SUNRISE TODAY...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TODAY...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

FARTHER INLAND ABOVE HEAD OF PASSES...EAST WINDS 20 T0 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH LATER TODAY. IF THE TRACK OF HURRICANE IKE IS ADJUSTED
NORTHWARD...THEN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD FARTHER
INLAND THAN INDICATED.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM FAST
MOVING OUTER BANDS TODAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF
IKE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS THAT WILL BE MOVING
ONSHORE AS OUTER BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE DURING THE DAY TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 430 AM CDT.

$$

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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-
130 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AT 100 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 645
MILES...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 305 MILES...SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO IS EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY.

DATA FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ALTHOUGH
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD...AND
IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TODAY OR ON FRIDAY.

IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HURRICANE IKE
MOVES SAFELY ON SHORE AND WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY AND CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS UNTIL LANDFALL EARLY
SATURDAY. TIDES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

EAST WINDS 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SQUALL BANDS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

...SEAS...

SEAS 20 TO 25 FEET WITH RANDOM WAVES IN EXCESS OF 30 FEET ARE
EXPECTED IN UNPROTECTED WATERS TODAY INTO FRIDAY. SWELL PERIODS OF
10 TO 14 SECONDS...WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES OF 12 TO 15 FEET ARE
POSSIBLE IN NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS AND SHOAL AREAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 430 AM CDT.

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