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

...EYE OF IKE BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN
AREA...

AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.1 WEST OR JUST NORTHEAST OF
KINGWOOD TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...AND ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.

IKE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 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 SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON
SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES
FARTHER INLAND...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
260 MILES. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WELL INLAND
NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. PORT ARTHUR TEXAS RECENTLY
REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 91 MPH...WHILE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 82 MPH.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 956 MILLIBARS OR
28.23 INCHES. HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED
A PRESSURE OF 961.1 MILLIBARS...OR 28.38 INCHES.

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER
EASTERN TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA.

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

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...

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

...AREAS AFFECTED...

FOR THE HURRICANE WIND WARNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
JACKSONVILLE...TO CUSHING...TO SAN AUGUSTINE AND GENEVA LINE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

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

...STORM INFORMATION...

IKE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 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 SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON
SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES
FARTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST TEXAS...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A
HURRICANE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE RAIN SQUALLS.

A HURRICANE WIND WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF GREATER THAN 73 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA TODAY.

DUE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH
AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY CAN
EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES IN HIGH WINDS. POWER OUTAGES MAY BE
POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES...A FULL TANK OF
GAS...CASH...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND JUST
IN CASE.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE
PROLONGED STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES...AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS AND HOMES. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS
FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS...UPROOTED TREES WILL BE
COMMON.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS THIS
MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JACKSONVILLE...TO
CUSHING...TO SAN AUGUSTINE AND GENEVA LINE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS IKE GRADUALLY WEAKENS AND
MOVES NORTH AWAY FROM DEEP EAST TEXAS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...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 AROUND 10 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-
712 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS 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
NORTH 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 IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 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 SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN
ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON
SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES
FARTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST TEXAS...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A
HURRICANE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
RAIN SQUALLS.

DUE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH
AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY CAN
EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES IN HIGH WINDS. POWER OUTAGES MAY BE
POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES...A FULL TANK OF
GAS...CASH...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND JUST
IN CASE.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE
PROLONGED STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES...AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS AND HOMES. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS
FROM HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS...UPROOTED TREES WILL BE
COMMON.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE THIS MORNING...AND
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...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 AROUND 10 AM.

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