Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
706 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

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

.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER-TEXAS COAST BY LATE FRIDAY.
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 ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS FORECAST
TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE COASTLINE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275
MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIRCRAFT
RECONNAISSANCE DATA WAS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES.

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WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
706 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

LARGE HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF
OF MEXICO.

...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 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER-TEXAS COAST BY LATE FRIDAY.
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 ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A
CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS FORECAST
TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE COASTLINE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275
MILES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS STAY IN PORT!

...WINDS...

EASTERLY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST
TONIGHT.

...WAVES...

SEAS ARE CURRENTLY 20 TO 25 FEET...AND COULD BUILD AS HIGH AS 23 TO
28 FEET.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE AROUND 9 PM CDT.

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