Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KMOB 120619
HLSMOB

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

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

.AT 100 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 405 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AROUND THE NEXT 12 HOURS...WITH A
TURN TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TODAY. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY
LATE TODAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND IKE COULD BECOME
A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
265 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

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WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
119 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

LARGE HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 405 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AROUND THE NEXT 12 HOURS...WITH A
TURN TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TODAY. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY
LATE TODAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND IKE COULD BECOME
A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
265 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH
NUMEROUS HIGHER GUSTS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING.

...WAVES...

SEAS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 20 TO 25 FEET...AND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
LATER TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE AROUND 6 AM CDT.

$$

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