[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
431 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE HEADED FOR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...

.AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT
365 MILES...585 KM...EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT
265 MILES...425 KM... SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...
THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE
TODAY OR EARLY SATURDAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105
MPH... 165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND IKE IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE
COAST.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTERS IS 953 MB...28.14 INCHES.

TXZ193-194-209-223>225-130615-
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/O.NEW.KEWX.TI.W.0001.080913T0000Z-080914T0000Z/
BASTROP-LEE-FAYETTE-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
431 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL
STORM WIND WARNING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AREAS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 6 INCHES OVER EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED NO LATER THAN 11 AM CDT.

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