[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1003 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...IKE STILL A TROPICAL STORM AS IT HEADS INTO ARKANSAS...

AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 34.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.9 WEST...ABOUT 60 MILES
NORTH OF TEXARKANA...AND ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE
ROCK ARKANSAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND EARLY ON SUNDAY AS IKE LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL
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
TO THE EAST FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY IN NORTHERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

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108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-140500-
/O.CON.KSHV.TI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080914T0500Z/
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-
1003 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...

AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 34.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.9 WEST...ABOUT 60 MILES
NORTH OF TEXARKANA...AND ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE
ROCK ARKANSAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND EARLY ON SUNDAY AS IKE LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

...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 ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL
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 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY IN NORTHERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 100 AM CDT.

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