[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WTUS84 KSHV 120230
HLSSHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HURRICANE IKE MAY MOVE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...

.AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.9 WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES...760
KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 370 MILES...
595 KM...SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE...BUT
IS FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE
COASTLINE.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIRCRAFT
RECONNAISSANCE DATA IS 954 MB.

TXZ149-152-165>167-120930-
/O.CON.KSHV.HI.A.0001.080913T0000Z-080914T0900Z/
CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
930 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HURRICANE WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WIND WATCH
FOR PART OF DEEP EAST TEXAS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY...AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE...NACOGDOCHES...ANGELINA...
SAN AUGUSTINE...AND SABINE COUNTIES IN TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...
SATURDAY...AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.9 WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES...EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 370 MILES...SOUTHEAST
OF GALVESTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR
12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 954 MB.

...WINDS...

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY...
AND SATURDAY EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS MEANS WINDS OF 60 TO
75 WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 90 MILES AN HOUR COULD OCCUR AT TIMES.

...INLAND FLOODING...

FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY...AND
SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE MOISTURE FROM HURRICAN IKE MOVES NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR OVER EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...
AND NORTH LOUISIANA AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES OVER THE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 AM CDT.

$$

ARZ070-LAZ001-002-010-011-017-018-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-
136>138-150-151-153-120930-
/O.CON.KSHV.TI.A.0002.080913T0000Z-080914T0900Z/
MILLER-CADDO-BOSSIER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA-SHELBY-
930 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WIND
WATCH FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY...AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE TEXAS...TO
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...TO NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY...AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.9 WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES...EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 370 MILES...SOUTHEAST
OF GALVESTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR
12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 954 MB.

...WINDS...

WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WATCH AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY... AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

...INLAND FLOODING...

FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY...AND
SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE MOISTURE FROM HURRICAN IKE MOVES NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR OVER EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND
NORTH LOUISIANA AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES OVER THE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 AM CDT.

$$

44


This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net