[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
142 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...EYE OF IKE APPROACHING GALVESTON ISLAND...LANDFALL EXPECTED IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND IKE FORECAST TO MOVE OVER EAST AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 1200 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.5 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.

IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A NORTHWEST TO
NORTH NORTHWEST MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING
...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR GALVESTON
ISLAND AND THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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...JUST BEFORE LANDFALL.

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER
EASTERN TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND SOUTH AND WEST LOUISIANA.


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CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
142 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE TORNADO WATCH VALID FOR CHEROKEE...ANGELINA...NACODGOCHES...
SABINE...AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES IN TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A NORTHWEST TO
NORTH NORTHWEST MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR GALVESTON ISLAND AND
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY EARLY THIS MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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...JUST BEFORE LANDFALL.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE DAY...WITH
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF OVER 74 MPH OCCURRING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

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

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER
OF THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES NORTH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR ANGELINA...CHEROKEE...NACOGDOCHES...
SABINE...AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 400 AM.

$$

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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-
142 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR DE
SOTO...GRANT...LA SALLE...NATCHITOCHES...SABINE...RED RIVER...AND
WINN PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...AND PANOLA...RUSK...AND SHELBY
COUNTIES IN TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

FOR THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING...MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND LOWER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A CLARKSVILLE TEXAS TO
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...AND HAYNESVILLE TO WINNFIELD AND JENA
LOUISIANA LINE.

...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...

IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A NORTHWEST TO
NORTH NORTHWEST MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY
NEAR GALVESTON ISLAND AND THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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...JUST BEFORE LANDFALL.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

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

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTER OF THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES NORTH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR ANGELINA...CHEROKEE...
NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 400 AM.

$$

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