[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...EYE OF IKE MOVING MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE GALVESTON...HOUSTON AREA
AND THE CENTER MADE LANDFALL AT 210 AM CDT AT GALVESTON  TEXAS...AND
FORECAST TO MOVE OVER EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...

AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR NEAR BAYTOWN TEXAS.
THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30 MILES...NORTH NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON
TEXAS AND ABOUT 25 MILES...EAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS.

IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
EARLY THIS MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...
ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES.

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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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-
502 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

...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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
EARLY THIS MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...
ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS EXPECTED.

...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 700 AM.

$$

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CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
502 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 TODAY FOR
CHEROKEE...ANGELINA...NACODGOCHES...SABINE...AND SAN AUGUSTINE
COUNTIES IN TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE...ANGELINA...
NACODGOCHES...SABINE...AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES IN TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

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

...STORM INFORMATION...

IKE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT. THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
EARLY THIS MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...
ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

...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.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 AM.

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