[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KFWD 140024
HLSFWD

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IKE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
724 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVES INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS...

.SYNOPSIS...AT 7 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND MOUNT PLEASANT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAD DECREASED TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH...WHICH WILL TAKE THE CENTER INTO
OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ALONG ITS ROUTE. FLOODING ISSUES
HAVE ALSO OCCURRED...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE
PROBLEMS.

TXZ135-146>148-161-162-140200-
/O.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080914T0200Z/
HENDERSON-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LIMESTONE-LEON-
724 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...

IKE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM. WIND GUSTS OF
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR THROUGH TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH...BRIEF GUSTS MAY STILL
OCCUR. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS
SHOULD REMAIN SECURED. POWER OUTAGES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...
SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-
PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTHEAST...LINGERING RAIN AND
SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. SOME LOCALIZED PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR.

...TORNADOES...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL BE AROUND 10 PM.

$$

TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-140400-
/O.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080914T0600Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-
724 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. WIND GUSTS TO
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH MAY OCCUR...PARTICULARLY IN LAMAR...
DELTA...AND HOPKINS COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR THROUGH TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DUE TO THE CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH
AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED. POWER OUTAGES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES...BOTTLED WATER
AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR.

...TORNADOES...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL BE AROUND 10 PM.

$$

WOODALL

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