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WTUS84 KCRP 112246 AAA
HLSCRP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
546 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...IKE THREATENS THE TEXAS COAST...

.AT 400 PM CDT...HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 26.0
NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR AROUND 510 MILES TO THE EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-
NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A TURN TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATE
FRIDAY. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE THE CENTER OF IKE NEAR THE WESTERN
END OF GALVESTON ISLAND TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AROUND 100 MPH. IKE IS CURRENTLY A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING
LANDFALL.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 950 MILLIBARS OR 28.05 INCHES.

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BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
546 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

NO CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH
INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT OCONNOR TO
BAFFIN BAY.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD COMPLETE THEIR PREPARATIONS THIS EVENING. MAKE
SURE BOATS ARE SECURELY FASTENED AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS ON DECK
ARE STORED. ALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
OFFSHORE WATERS ON FRIDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

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KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
546 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

NO CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS LIVING
IN ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN
PATRICIO
COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN...
KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE ARE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR ARANSAS AND CALHOUN COUNTIES.
EVACUATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING
ACROSS CALHOUN COUNTY. THE LAST BUS WILL LEAVE BAUER COMMUNITY
CENTER AT 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON IN CALHOUN COUNTY. MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS ALSO EXIST FOR AUSTWELL...BAYSIDE AND TIVOLI IN
REFUGIO COUNTY WITH VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS FOR REFUGIO AND
WOODSBORO.  VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS EXIST FOR LOW-LYING AREAS OF
NUECES COUNTY INCLUDING PADRE ISLAND. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS ALSO
EXIST FOR KLEBERG COUNTY. THE EVACUATION ORDER FOR SAN PATRICIO
COUNTY HAS BEEN RESCINDED.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES WERE CURRENTLY RUNNING JUST OVER 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. LARGE
SWELLS FROM IKE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ASHORE THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. THESE LARGE SWELLS ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED APPROACH FROM
IKE WILL FURTHER INCREASE TIDES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A STORM
SURGE UP TO 5 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS. A
STORM SURGE UP TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MATAGORDA BAY.
MAXIMUM STORM TIDES WILL OCCUR AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THE NEXT
HIGH TIDE AT PORT OCONNOR WILL OCCUR AT 1015 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING. THE NEXT HIGH TIDES AT PORT ARANSAS WILL OCCUR AT 403 AM
CDT FRIDAY MORNING...1228 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND AT 403 AM
CDT SATURDAY MORNING.

AT 5 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL...WATER REACHES INTO LAMAR WITH FRONT
STREETS FLOODED. WATER REACHES UP TO MAIN STREET IN FULTON. WATER
REACHES ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE INLAND IN SOUTHERN PART OF
ROCKPORT. PARTS OF HWY 35 BETWEEN ARANSAS PASS AND ROCKPORT ARE
UNDER ONE FOOT OF WATER. THE ROAD WEST OUT OF ROCKPORT WILL BE
UNDER WATER. ALL BEACH AND HARBOR FACILITIES WILL BE FLOODED AT
PORT ARANSAS AND WATER WILL BE INTO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. THE
DIKE SHOULD HOLD ALTHOUGH ALL WATERFRONT FACILITIES IN ARANSAS
PASS BECOME FLOODED. ALL WATERFRONT FACILITIES IN INGLESIDE BECOME
FLOODED. HIGHWAY 181 BETWEEN PORTLAND AND NORTH BEACH GETS
FLOODED. ALL OF NORTH BEACH...EXCEPT THE TANK FARM AND DOCKS WILL
BE UNDER WATER. ALL OF THE T-HEADS WILL BE UNDERWATER. MINOR
FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON THE RIVIERA BEACH PENINSULA. MUCH OF THE
ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL BE FLOODED. SOME SHALLOW FLOODING IN
PORT O'CONNOR IS EXPECTED. LARGE SECTIONS OF MATAGORDA ISLAND WILL
BE FLOODED.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

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BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-
546 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE HURRICANE WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WIND
WARNING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS LIVING
IN BEE...GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR VICTORIA COUNTY.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS
THE AREA. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 PM CDT.

$$

JAR

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