[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
431 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE HEADED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO
AND TOWARD THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN
SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AS IKE MOVES INLAND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING SOMEWHERE ON
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.

TXZ194-209-224-225-120345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TI.A.0001.080913T0000Z-080913T2100Z/
LEE-FAYETTE-DE WITT-LAVACA-
431 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 510
MILES...820 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT
400 MILES...645 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...LEE...
FAYETTE...DE WITT...AND LAVACA COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND - 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS TO 60 TO 65 MPH...MINOR DAMAGE WILL
OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY RECEIVE
SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW HOUSES MAY HAVE
MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. A FEW POOL CAGES AND
LANAI SCREENS WILL BE DAMAGED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY
BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL
WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED.
SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE
BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES.

...WINDS...
NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FRIDAY EVENING WILL INCREASE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE BY MIDNIGHT WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BECOMING
NORTHWEST 45 TO 55 MPH SATURDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 65 MPH.
WINDS WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS IKE MOVES FURTHER INLAND
AWAY FROM THE AREA.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS IKE MOVES INLAND.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE NO LATER THAN 10 PM CDT.

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