[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
700 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HURRICANE IKE FORECAST TO MOVE OVER EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
TONIGHT...SATURDAY...AND SATURDAY NIGHT...

AT 600 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF VERY LARGE HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST OR ABOUT 100
MILES...SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH OF
BEAUMONT TEXAS.

IKE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST NEAR 13
MPH. A NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT 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 LATER THIS EVENING OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE NOW INCREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE AND COULD REACH THE TEXAS COAST AS A CATEGORY THREE...MAJOR
HURRICANE.


TXZ149-152-165>167-130700-
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CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
700 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT TONIGHT...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 12 PM CDT SATURDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

NONE.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

CHEROKEE...ANGELINA...NACODGOCHES...SABINE...AND SAN AUGUSTINE
COUNTIES IN TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. A HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 600 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF VERY LARGE HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST OR ABOUT 100
MILES...SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH OF
BEAUMONT TEXAS.

IKE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST NEAR 13
MPH. A NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT 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 LATER THIS EVENING OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING...AND HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS OF OVER 74 MPH MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10
INCHES MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH ARKANSAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 1000 PM.

$$

ARZ070-LAZ001>004-010>012-017>020-022-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-
136>138-150-151-153-130700-
/O.CON.KSHV.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080914T0900Z/
MILLER-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-
BIENVILLE-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-LA SALLE-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA-SHELBY-
700 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

NONE.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SHREVEPORT TO JENA
LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 600 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF VERY LARGE HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST OR ABOUT 100
MILES...SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH OF
BEAUMONT TEXAS.

IKE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST NEAR 13
MPH. A NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT 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 LATER THIS EVENING OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10
INCHES MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH ARKANSAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 1000 PM.

$$

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