[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1024 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH AS IKE CONTINUES TO HEAD TOWARD THE
NORTHWESTERN GULF...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES
WELL SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST...

.AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED TO BEGIN 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 EARLY ON
FRIDAY...LONG BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

DATA FROM BOTH NOAA AND AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR
SO...AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE
COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 265
MILES.

GMZ530-555-LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-130330-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
1024 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED TO BEGIN 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 EARLY ON
FRIDAY...LONG BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

DATA FROM BOTH NOAA AND AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR
SO...AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE
COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 265
MILES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PREPAREDNESS MEASURES SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION AT THIS
TIME. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS AND AT TIMES SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN COASTAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND INTO AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI LATER TONIGHT AND
EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH TIDES AND SALT WATER INUNDATION IS TAKING PLACE
OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND REMAIN ANOMALOUSLY HIGH INTO SATURDAY
BEFORE SLOWLY ABATING LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. FLOODING OF
COASTAL AREAS...INCLUDING ACCESS ROADS...OUTSIDE OF HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEE SYSTEMS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE.
COASTAL FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR AROUND LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND
MAUREPAS AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS AND IN BACK BAYS AND BAYOUS. FLOODING MAY BE MOST
PRONOUNCED AT TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE DURING THE MORNING
AND MIDDAY HOURS FRIDAY.

...WINDS...

FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES...EAST WINDS OF
35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...MAINLY IN SQUALLS...WILL
BECOME SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT.
FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES AND ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...MAINLY IN SQUALLS...THEN BECOME
SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE EASING TO SOUTHEAST AT
15 TO 25 MPH LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES MAY IMPACT POWER LINES IN GUSTS DURING
SQUALLS. UNSECURED ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LIGHT LAWN FURNITURE
MAY BE MOVED BY HIGHER WINDS. SIGNAGE AND CANOPY COVERS MAY BE
DAMAGED WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PERSONS IN TEMPORARY TRAILER
HOMES MAY WISH TO SEEK STRONGER SHELTER UNTIL THE STRONG WIND
THREAT DIMINISHES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST ARE POSSIBLE
IN SQUALLS THAT MAY BE MOVING ONSHORE FRIDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 130 AM CDT.

$$

GMZ550-570-575-130330-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-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-
1024 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

.AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 340 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED TO BEGIN 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 EARLY ON
FRIDAY...LONG BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

DATA FROM BOTH NOAA AND AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR
SO...AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE
COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 265
MILES.

...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 REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL HURRICANE IKE MOVES
ON SHORE AND WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS UNTIL LANDFALL
LATE FRIDAY TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. TIDES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH GUSTS ABOVE 65 KNOTS
ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST PASS TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...BEFORE SUBSIDING SOMEWHAT FRIDAY EVENING.

...TORNADOES...

WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS THROUGH FRIDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 130 AM CDT.

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