000 WTUS84 KFWD 120939 AAA HLSFWD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 439 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...HURRICANE IKE TO AFFECT NORTH TEXAS... .SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE IKE IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. THE HURRICANE WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTH...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM HOUSTON TO PALESTINE TO PARIS. IKE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH LATE MORNING SATURDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH HIGHER TOTALS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. TXZ135-143>148-157>162-174-175-121600- /O.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.080913T0800Z-080914T0600Z/ HENDERSON-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-CORYELL- BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 439 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...NEW INFORMATION... AT 400 AM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 265 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FORT HOOD...HAMILTON...HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS. IKE WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH IN WESTERN AREAS OF THE WARNING...TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER IN EASTERN AREAS AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO TERRELL TO CAMERON LINE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. ...WINDS... AS IKE MOVES NORTH OVER EAST TEXAS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 40 TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE... OR IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A HEARNE TO CANTON LINE. HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN SQUALLS. ...INLAND FLOODING... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA TO HEARNE LINE. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE STRONGER SQUALLS OF THE OUTER RAIN BANDS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO CORSICANA TO HEARNE. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS SATURDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL BE AROUND 1000 AM. $$ TXZ091>095-101>107-116>123-130>134-121545- /O.CON.KFWD.TI.A.0001.080913T1500Z-080914T1200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT- DELTA-HOPKINS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS- 439 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...NEW INFORMATION... AT 400 AM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 265 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO CHANGES TO THE LOCATION OR TIMING OF THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NORTH TEXAS HAVE BEEN MADE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO TERRELL TO CAMERON LINE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 AND BATTERIES ON HAND. ...WINDS... AS IKE MOVES NORTH OVER NORTHEAST NORTH TEXAS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE LINE...INCLUDING THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METRO AREA. THESE HIGH WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES AND OUTDOOR PROPERTY. ...INLAND FLOODING... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA TO HEARNE LINE. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE STRONGER SQUALLS OF THE OUTER RAIN BANDS. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA...TO HEARNE. RESIDENTS ACROSS THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS SATURDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT WILL BE AROUND 1000 AM. $$