Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 WTUS84 KHGX 131836 HLSHGX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...IKE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AND CONTINUES FURTHER INLAND... .AT 100 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.4 WEST OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF PALESTINE TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF TYLER TEXAS...AND ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND IKE IS NOW A STRONG TROPICAL STORM. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...AND IKE COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES MAINLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES. TXZ214-238-141845- /O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CHAMBERS-GALVESTON- 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: CHAMBERS...GALVESTON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS OUTSIDE OF THE MANDATORY EVACUATION AREAS WHO HAVE NOT EVACUATED SHOULD PLAN TO SHELTER IN PLACE IN A WELL BUILT STRUCTURE FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. PERSONS SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING PERSISTS IN THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND ON BOLIVAR PENINSULA. IT IS NOT SAFE TO VENTURE INTO THESE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO DRINK ONLY BOTTLED WATER OR TO BOIL TAP WATER BEFORE USING. GALVESTON COUNTY HAS A CURFEW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE CITY OF GALVESTON HAS ESTABLISHED A SHELTER OF LAST RESORT AT BALL HIGH SCHOOL AT 4115 AVENUE O IN GALVESTON. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDE LEVELS REPORTED BETWEEN 1230 AND 130 PM SATURDAY: HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/MANCHESTER - 11.9 FEET KEMAH - 11 FEET EAGLE POINT - 8.0 FEET PIER 21 - 5.5 FEET PLEASURE PIER - 4.4 FEET FREEPORT - 2.5 FEET SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING PERSISTS ALONG THE SHORE OF GALVESTON BAY AND ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF SMITH POINT...LA PORTE...SEABROOK...KEMAH...BACLIFF...SAN LEON...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. TIDE LEVELS RANGE FROM 8 TO 13 FEET IN THESE AREAS. BOLIVAR PENINSULA IS COVERED WITH WATER. THE COAST GUARD IS PERFORMING RESCUES IN SAN LEON WHERE RESIDENTS ARE TRAPPED ON THEIR ROOFTOPS. RAINFALL-INDUCED FLOODING OVER THE LAND AND IN CREEKS AND BAYOUS MUST DRAIN OUT INTO GALVESTON BAY WHICH WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS ON THE BAY ABOVE NORMAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. TIDE LEVELS WILL ONLY SLOWLY SUBSIDE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WILL NOT RECOVER TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. ALONG THE GULF-FACING SHORE OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND POINTS WESTWARD...TIDE LEVELS HAVE SUBSIDED TO AROUND 4 FEET AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER WAS REPORTING 22 KNOT WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 32 KNOTS AT 100 PM. ...INLAND FLOODING... FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING WATERSHEDS: LOWER WHITE OAK BAYOU MIDDLE GREENS BAYOU BUFFALO BAYOU KEEGANS BAYOU LOWER CLEAR CREEK ARMAND BAYOU HUNTING BAYOU HALLS BAYOU BERRY BAYOU CHIGER CREEK IN FRIENDSWOOD WEST FORK OF SAN JACINTO RIVER AT SHELDON THE FOLLOWING WATERSHEDS ARE NEAR BANK FULL OR OVER BANKS ON THE LOWER END: CLEAR LAKE - FLOODING IN PROGRESS. SURGE AT 11 FEET AT KEMAH AND 9 FEET AT CLEAR LAKE. LOWER CARPENTERS BAYOU - 2/3 BANK FULL ESTIMATED LOWER GREENS BAYOU AT I-10 AND SOUTH - NEAR BANK FULL. SIMS BAYOU AT TELEPHONE RD AND EAST - STARTING TO RISE BUT WELL WITHIN CHANNEL. LOWER BRAYS BAYOU VINCE AND LITTLE VINCE BAYOUS AT BANK FULL OF SH 225. LOW LYING AREAS ON HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL...SAN JACINTO...SAN JACINTO TRIBUTARIES ARE FLOODING. WATER RISING. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR AREA RIVERS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE ARE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE HOUSTON METRO AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 2 INCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM CDT. $$ GMZ335-141845- /O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GALVESTON BAY- 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED WINDS SECTION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: GALVESTON BAY. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY THIS EVENING. BAY WATERS WILL REMAIN VERY ROUGH TO DANGEROUS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM CDT. $$ GMZ355-141845- /O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED WINDS SECTION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. ...WINDS... WIND AND WAVE REPORTS AS OF 100 PM CDT: BUOY 035 (20 NM EAST OF GALVESTON): WINDS 25 KNOTS GUSTS TO 31 KNOTS SEAS 13 FEET BUOY 019 (60 NM SOUTH OF FREEPORT): WINDS 19 KNOTS GUST TO 23 KNOTS SEAS 8 FEET TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY THIS EVENING. SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT BUT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. SEAS ARE RUNNING 10 TO 15 FEET...BUT WILL SUBSIDE TO 6 TO 9 FEET BY TONIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM CDT. $$ TXZ200-213-237-141845- /O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-HARRIS-LIBERTY- 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: BRAZORIA...HARRIS...LIBERTY. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS OUTSIDE OF THE MANDATORY EVACUATION AREAS WHO HAVE NOT EVACUATED SHOULD PLAN TO SHELTER IN PLACE IN A WELL BUILT STRUCTURE FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. PERSONS SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING PERSISTS IN THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND ON BOLIVAR PENINSULA. IT IS NOT SAFE TO VENTURE INTO THESE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO DRINK ONLY BOTTLED WATER OR TO BOIL TAP WATER BEFORE USING. GALVESTON COUNTY HAS A CURFEW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE CITY OF GALVESTON HAS ESTABLISHED A SHELTER OF LAST RESORT AT BALL HIGH SCHOOL AT 4115 AVENUE O IN GALVESTON. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDE LEVELS REPORTED BETWEEN 1230 AND 130 PM SATURDAY: HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/MANCHESTER - 11.9 FEET KEMAH - 11 FEET EAGLE POINT - 8.0 FEET PIER 21 - 5.5 FEET PLEASURE PIER - 4.4 FEET FREEPORT - 2.5 FEET SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING PERSISTS ALONG THE SHORE OF GALVESTON BAY AND ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF SMITH POINT...LA PORTE...SEABROOK...KEMAH...BACLIFF...SAN LEON...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. TIDE LEVELS RANGE FROM 8 TO 13 FEET IN THESE AREAS. BOLIVAR PENINSULA IS COVERED WITH WATER. THE COAST GUARD IS PERFORMING RESCUES IN SAN LEON WHERE RESIDENTS ARE TRAPPED ON THEIR ROOFTOPS. RAINFALL-INDUCED FLOODING OVER THE LAND AND IN CREEKS AND BAYOUS MUST DRAIN OUT INTO GALVESTON BAY WHICH WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS ON THE BAY ABOVE NORMAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. TIDE LEVELS WILL ONLY SLOWLY SUBSIDE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WILL NOT RECOVER TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. ALONG THE GULF-FACING SHORE OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND POINTS WESTWARD...TIDE LEVELS HAVE SUBSIDED TO AROUND 4 FEET AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER WAS REPORTING 22 KNOT WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 32 KNOTS AT 100 PM. ...INLAND FLOODING... FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING WATERSHEDS: LOWER WHITE OAK BAYOU MIDDLE GREENS BAYOU BUFFALO BAYOU KEEGANS BAYOU LOWER CLEAR CREEK ARMAND BAYOU HUNTING BAYOU HALLS BAYOU BERRY BAYOU CHIGER CREEK IN FRIENDSWOOD WEST FORK OF SAN JACINTO RIVER AT SHELDON THE FOLLOWING WATERSHEDS ARE NEAR BANK FULL OR OVER BANKS ON THE LOWER END: CLEAR LAKE - FLOODING IN PROGRESS. SURGE AT 11 FEET AT KEMAH AND 9 FEET AT CLEAR LAKE. LOWER CARPENTERS BAYOU - 2/3 BANK FULL ESTIMATED LOWER GREENS BAYOU AT I-10 AND SOUTH - NEAR BANK FULL. SIMS BAYOU AT TELEPHONE RD AND EAST - STARTING TO RISE BUT WELL WITHIN CHANNEL. LOWER BRAYS BAYOU VINCE AND LITTLE VINCE BAYOUS AT BANK FULL OF SH 225. LOW LYING AREAS ON HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL...SAN JACINTO...SAN JACINTO TRIBUTARIES ARE FLOODING. WATER RISING. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR AREA RIVERS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE ARE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE HOUSTON METRO AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 2 INCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM CDT. $$ GMZ375-141845- /O.CON.KHGX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED WINDS SECTION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. ...WINDS... WIND AND WAVE REPORTS AS OF 100 PM CDT: BUOY 035 (20 NM EAST OF GALVESTON): WINDS 25 KNOTS GUSTS TO 31 KNOTS SEAS 13 FEET BUOY 019 (60 NM SOUTH OF FREEPORT): WINDS 19 KNOTS GUST TO 23 KNOTS SEAS 8 FEET TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY THIS EVENING. SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT BUT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. SEAS ARE RUNNING 10 TO 15 FEET...BUT WILL SUBSIDE TO 6 TO 9 FEET BY TONIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM CDT. $$ TXZ163-164-176>179-198-199-140000- /O.CON.KHGX.TI.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER- 136 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED WINDS SECTION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: GRIMES...HOUSTON...MADISON...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO... TRINITY...WALKER. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY RECEIVE SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. ...WINDS... WIND REPORTS AS OF 100 PM CDT: HUNTSVILLE - SUSTAINED 21 MPH GUST TO 33 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN SHELTERED IN A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM CDT. $$