[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND TORNADOES CONTINUES AS IKE HEADS
FARTHER INLAND...

AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.8 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE
WILL MOVE OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT AS IKE LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS IKE MOVES FARTHER
INLAND...AND IT IS EXPECTED BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TONIGHT OR EARLY ON SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...MAINLY
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...WHICH WILL
BRING STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH
SUNDAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

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SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-DE SOTO-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-
744 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

NONE.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

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

A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SUNDAY.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE
WILL MOVE OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT AS IKE LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS IKE MOVES FARTHER
INLAND...AND IT IS EXPECTED BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TONIGHT OR EARLY ON SUNDAY.

...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.

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...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS IKE MOVES FARTHER
INLAND...AND IT IS EXPECTED BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TONIGHT OR EARLY ON SUNDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6
INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

A THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1000 PM CDT.

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