AT 600 AM CDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.1 WEST
OR JUST NORTHEAST OF KINGWOOD TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS
ABOUT 15 MILES... 25 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON
INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...AND ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM
...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.
IKE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR
15 MPH...24 KM/HR. 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 HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...
160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND
...ALTHOUGH IKE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE THROUG
THIS AFTERNOON.
NVDL: A large swathe of tonrado warnings are forecast for
southern Louisianna.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...AND SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER
PORTIONS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA...MUCH OF ARKANSAS...AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
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