Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 121939
HLSMOB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
239 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE...

AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 165 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL
BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE TODAY.

DATA FROM BOTH NOAA AND AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANES INDICATE
THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
BUT COULD REACH THE COAST AS A CATEGORY THREE...MAJOR HURRICANE.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS
957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

GMZ670-130000-
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WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
239 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED WIND AND WAVES SECTIONS FOR CURRENT AND FORECAST TRENDS
THROUGH TONIGHT.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 165 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL
BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE TODAY.

DATA FROM BOTH NOAA AND AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANES INDICATE
THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
BUT COULD REACH THE COAST AS A CATEGORY THREE...MAJOR HURRICANE.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS
957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...WINDS...

SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 KNOTS FREQUENTLY GUSTING TO
NEAR 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING TO AROUND 25 KNOTS OVERNIGHT.

...WAVES...

SEAS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING NEAR 18 FEET. THE SEAS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING TO NEAR 12 FEET AS IKE
MAKES LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE AROUND 7 PM CDT.

$$

GARMON

WWWW

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