Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 WTUS84 KHGX 132118 HLSHGX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...IKE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS THE STORM HEADS TOWARD NORTHEAST TEXAS... AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.3 WEST OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF TYLER TEXAS. THIS IS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT TEXAS AND ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING... WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...AND IKE COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES MAINLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 980.7 MB...28.96 INCHES...WAS MEASURED AT TYLER TEXAS. TXZ200-213-214-237-238-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-HARRIS-LIBERTY- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...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... MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED MANDATORY CURFEWS ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOURS BETWEEN DUSK AND DAWN. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID VENTURING OUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO DRINK ONLY BOTTLED WATER OR TO BOIL TAP WATER BEFORE USING. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDE LEVELS REPORTED BETWEEN 330 AND 400 PM SATURDAY: HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/MANCHESTER - 10.4 FEET EAGLE POINT - 7.7 FEET PIER 21 - 5.8 FEET PLEASURE PIER - 5.2 FEET FREEPORT - 2.7 FEET STORM SURGE FLOODING PERSISTS ALONG THE SHORE OF GALVESTON BAY AND ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA. THIS INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR THE SHORE OF CLEAR LAKE...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF SMITH POINT...LA PORTE...SEABROOK...KEMAH...BACLIFF...SAN LEON...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. TIDE LEVELS RANGE FROM 7 TO 11 FEET IN THESE AREAS. BOLIVAR PENINSULA IS COVERED WITH WATER. 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 TONIGHT...AND WILL NOT RECOVER TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. ALONG THE GULF-FACING SHORE OF GALVESTON ISLAND AND POINTS WESTWARD...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CONTINUES. TIDE LEVELS REMAIN 3 TO 6 FEET BUT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL HAZARDS MESSAGE (SATCFWHGX) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT RESIDUAL FLOODING. ...WINDS... WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. ...INLAND FLOODING... FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING WATERSHEDS: LOWER WHITE OAK BAYOU MIDDLE AND LOWER GREENS BAYOU BUFFALO BAYOU KEEGANS BAYOU LOWER CYPRESS CREEK LOWER CLEAR CREEK ARMAND BAYOU HUNTING BAYOU HALLS BAYOU BERRY BAYOU CHIGER CREEK IN FRIENDSWOOD SAN JACINTO RIVER BELOW LAKE HOUSTON LOWER SPRING CREEK PEACH CREEK LUCE BAYOU NUMEROUS STREAMS AND BAYOUS ARE THREE-QUARTERS FULL OR CLOSE TO BANK FULL. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR AREA RIVERS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM IKE WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HARRIS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY GENERATING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH...WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. ANY RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE THE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE RESIDUAL STORM SURGE FLOODING...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL HAZARDS MESSAGE (SATCFWHGX). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING...PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH (SATFFAHGX). $$ TXZ163-164-177>179-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TI.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ HOUSTON-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: HOUSTON...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...WALKER. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID VENTURING OUT TONIGHT DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAYS. ...WINDS... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE EVENING. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM IKE WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON GENERATING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING...PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH (SATFFAHGX). $$ GMZ355-375-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...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...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 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... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. ...WINDS... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS 6 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 10 KNOTS SUNDAY WITH SEAS RUNNING 4 TO 7 FEET. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS IS THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. $$ GMZ335-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ GALVESTON BAY- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: GALVESTON BAY. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. ...WINDS... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND ROUGH BAY WATERS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS SUNDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS IS THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. $$ TXZ199-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TI.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: MONTGOMERY. ...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... MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID VENTURING OUT TONIGHT DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAYS. ...WINDS... WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM IKE WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON GENERATING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING...PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH (SATFFAHGX). $$ TXZ176-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TI.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ MADISON- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: MADISON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID VENTURING OUT TONIGHT DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAYS. ...WINDS... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE EVENING. ...INLAND FLOODING... THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING HAS ENDED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. $$ TXZ198-132230- /O.CAN.KHGX.TI.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080914T0000Z/ GRIMES- 418 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CANCELLED. UPDATED ALL SECTIONS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: GRIMES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID VENTURING OUT TONIGHT DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAYS. ...WINDS... WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ...INLAND FLOODING... THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING HAS ENDED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. $$