[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE APPROACHING THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST...

.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.5 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES...220
KM...SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 240 MILES...385 KM...
EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

IKE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST NEAR
12 MPH...19 KM/HR. A NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
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.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE BUT COULD REACH THE COAST AS A CATEGORY THREE...
MAJOR HURRICANE.

TXZ193-194-209-223>225-130300-
/O.CON.KEWX.TI.W.0001.080913T0000Z-080914T0000Z/
BASTROP-LEE-FAYETTE-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
401 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED 400 PM CDT INFORMATION ON HURRICANE IKE.
UPDATED TO ADJUST RAINFALL AMOUNTS DOWNWARD.
UPDATED TO REMOVE MENTION OF TORNADOES ON SATURDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
BASTROP...LEE... FAYETTE...GONZALES...DE WITT...AND LAVACA
COUNTIES 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 OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER
THE EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED NO LATER THAN 10 PM CDT.

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