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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
201 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER EASTERN TEXAS...

.AT 100 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.4 WEST OR JUST
SOUTHEAST OF PALESTINE TEXAS.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
50 MILES SOUTH OF TYLER TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE IS
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO
WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...AND IKE IS NOW A STRONG TROPICAL STORM. ADDITIONAL
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...AND IKE
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES..MAINLY
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES... WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 20 FEET IN BAYS AND RIVERS WELL
INLAND...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTS.  THE
SURGE EXTENDS A GREATER THAN USUAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER DUE
TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE CYCLONE.  AUTOMATED TIDE GAGES ARE STILL
REPORTING STORM SURGES VALUES OF TO 12 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTAL
AREAS.

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. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...WESTERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MISSOURI... ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA...AND SOUTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH SUNDAY.

A THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...
MUCH OF ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAZ051>054-TXZ215-132215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CAMERON-IBERIA-JEFFERSON-ST. MARY-VERMILION-
201 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

IKE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER EASTERN TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON...ST. MARY...VERMILION.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. CURFEWS ARE
IN EFFECT AT MANY LOCATIONS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

CURRENT STORM SURGE VALUES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 7 TO 9 FEET BETWEEN
SABINE PASS AND CAMERON...AND 2 TO 6 FEET BETWEEN INTRACOASTAL
CITY AND CYPREMORT POINT. THESE VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL
THROUGH SLOWLY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

...WINDS...

THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS WILL VARY FROM 50 TO 70
MPH ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON PARISH...TO 40 TO 50 MPH
ACROSS VERMILION...COASTAL IBERIA..AND ST. MARY PARISHES.

...INLAND FLOODING...

INLAND LOCATIONS SUCH AS HACKBERRY...GRAND LAKE...AND FRANKLIN
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE INLAND FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

...TORNADOES...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM.

$$

LAZ027-030-031-041-042-TXZ180>182-201-216-132215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TI.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080914T0300Z/
ALLEN-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-HARDIN-JASPER-JEFFERSON DAVIS-NEWTON-
ORANGE-TYLER-VERNON-
201 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...

IKE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER EASTERN TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...NEWTON...ORANGE...TYLER...VERNON.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY INDOORS AND STAY SAFE. DO NOT INHIBIT RESCUE PERSONNEL WHILE
THEY ARE WORKING THIS AFTERNOON.

...WINDS...

WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL GUST TO 40 TO 55 MPH THROUGH 1 PM. IN THE
HEAVIER RAIN BANDS...WINDS COULD GUST BRIEFLY TO 70 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM SURGE FROM THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
FLOOD PROBLEMS IN ORANGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE BRIDGE CITY AND
DOWNTOWN ORANGE AREAS. IN CALCASIEU PARISH...PARTS OF SULPHUR...
WESTLAKE...AND LAKE CHARLES WILL CONTINUE TO SEE FLOOD WATERS.

...TORNADOES...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 4 PM.

$$

GMZ450-452-455-132215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
201 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

IKE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER EASTERN TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

TORNADO WATCH.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ENDS.

...WINDS...

SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 4 PM.

$$

GMZ470-472-475-132215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-
201 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

IKE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER EASTERN TEXAS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:

WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:

TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ENDS.

...WINDS...

SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 4 PM.

$$

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