WTUS84 KLIX 130944 HLSLIX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 444 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...EYE OF IKE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE GALVESTON-HOUSTON AREA... .AT 4 AM CDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. AT 400 AM CDT...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...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 25 MILES...EAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES. THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE STATION AT THE GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 951.6 MB...28.10 INCHES...AS THE EYE OF IKE PASSED OVER THE STATION. GMZ530-555-LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-131045- /O.CAN.KLIX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-ASCENSION- LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST- UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 444 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...NEW INFORMATION... .AT 400 AM CDT...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...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 25 MILES...EAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES. THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE STATION AT THE GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 951.6 MB...28.10 INCHES...AS THE EYE OF IKE PASSED OVER THE STATION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN... COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AT 4 AM CDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS IS THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR HURRICANE IKE. $$ GMZ550-570-575-131045- /O.CAN.KLIX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 444 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...NEW INFORMATION... .AT 400 AM CDT...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...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 25 MILES...EAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN TEXAS TODAY...AND INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES. THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE STATION AT THE GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 951.6 MB...28.10 INCHES...AS THE EYE OF IKE PASSED OVER THE STATION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN... COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AT 4 AM CDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 7 TO 12 FEET. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS IS THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR HURRICANE IKE. $$