DustMusher
If anyone sees any warnings or info on the Texas Counties or AUSTIN or WASHINGTON (Seely and Bellbille or Brenham) PLEASE liet me know....Firends SIP there with their 19 Malamutes.
Only getting news for Houston and Galviston -- friends are about 50 miles WNW of Houston.
TIA
Here ya go.....
4 products issued by NWS for: 3 Miles NNE Brenham TX--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tropical Storm Wind Warning
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1042 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...LARGE IKE BRINGING HURRICANE WIND GUSTS TO GALVESTON ISLAND...
.AT 1000 PM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.4 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A NORTHWEST TO
NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY
NEAR GALVESTON ISLAND AND THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
DATA FROM NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE AND COULD REACH THE TEXAS COAST AS A CATEGORY
THREE...MAJOR HURRICANE...JUST BEFORE LANDFALL. STRONGER WINDS AS
MUCH AS 30 MPH HIGHER THAN AT THE SURFACE COULD OCCUR ON HIGH
RISE BUILDINGS.
IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES. DURING THE PAST HOUR...HURRICANE FORCE
WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON GALVESTON ISLAND AND REPORTS
FROM NOAA AND AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE
SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE JUST OFFSHORE GALVESTON
ISLAND.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 952 MB OR 28.11 INCHES.
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AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-WASHINGTON-
1042 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SUNDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1000 PM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.4 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...WASHINGTON.
...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...
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE THEIR PROPERTIES FOR THE EXPECTATION OF
DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE OR REMOVE ANY LOOSE ITEMS SURROUNDING YOUR
PROPERTY WHICH COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY TROPICAL STORM OR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. TRIM TREES NEAR YOUR PROPERTY.
MOST MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE DAMAGE. SOME OF POOR
CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR
TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...
AND GUTTERS. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. UNFASTENED HOME
ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE... CAUSING
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. DOZENS OF WIRES WILL BE
BLOWN DOWN. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS.
MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND
ROTTING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE UPROOTED.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THESE LOCATIONS BEFORE
3 AM CDT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA BEGINNING
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
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FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IKE WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA
VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10
TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS IKE MOVES ONSHORE. YOU
SHOULD PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
Hope this helps,,,,
Jarhead
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1230 AM CDT
