000 WTUS84 KCRP 130915 HLSCRP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 415 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...EYE OF IKE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE GALVESTON-HOUSTON AREA... .AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR NEAR BAYTOWN TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 250 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE AND WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES. GMZ235-255-275-131015- /O.CAN.KCRP.HU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM- 415 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT ARANSAS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT ARANSAS. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR NEAR BAYTOWN TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 250 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH TODAY. ...WINDS... WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH TODAY. LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE ARE AFFECTING THE COASTAL WATERS. SEAS ARE RUNNING 8 TO 14 FEET. SEAS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. $$ TXZ245>247-131015- /O.CAN.KCRP.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 415 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS LIVING IN ARANSAS...CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR NEAR BAYTOWN TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 250 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR CALHOUN COUNTY. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ALSO EXIST FOR AUSTWELL...BAYSIDE AND TIVOLI IN REFUGIO COUNTY WITH VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS FOR REFUGIO AND WOODSBORO. THE MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR ARANSAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED WHILE THE VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW LYING FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN ARANSAS COUNTY REMAINS IN PLACE. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TIDES CONTINUE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. THE TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS MORNING THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY. PREDICTED HIGH TIDE AT PORT O'CONNOR IS AT 201 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT THEIR CURRENT LEVEL THEN DROP SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND IKE PUSH WATER AWAY FROM THE COAST. GIVEN THE FORECAST WATER LEVELS DUE TO STORM SURGE...THE FOLLOWING IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE: ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF BEACHES AND BEACH ACCESS ROADS WITH MAJOR DUNE EROSION LIKELY ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE SECTIONS OF MATAGORDA ISLAND WILL BE FLOODED. IN ARANSAS COUNTY...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL BE FLOODED. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 35 BETWEEN ARANSAS PASS AND ROCKPORT IS POSSIBLE. IN CALHOUN COUNTY...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE WATERFRONT AND IN LOW LYING AREAS OF PORT O'CONNOR. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN INDIANOLA WILL OCCUR WITH WATER 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP IN MANY AREAS. ROADS ALONG MATAGORDA BAY BETWEEN MAGNOLIA BEACH AND INDIANOLA WILL REMAIN FLOODED IN LOW LYING AREAS. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF HIGHWAY 316 AND STORES AND BAIT STANDS AT INDIANOLA. ...WINDS... WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. ...NEXT UPDATE... NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. $$ TXZ233-234-131015- /O.CAN.KCRP.TI.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080913T2000Z/ GOLIAD-VICTORIA- 415 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS LIVING IN GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR NEAR BAYTOWN TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 250 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. ...WINDS... WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. ...NEXT UPDATE... NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. $$ JAR
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