DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF IKE... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL REACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE EVENING ON FRIDAY... AND THE HOUSTON METRO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY LAST FOR UP TO 8 TO 12 HOURS.
PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HARRIS... LIBERTY... BRAZORIA... GALVESTON... AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM COMES ONSHORE.
VERY DANGEROUS WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES IS LIKELY.
NATURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE ALL TREES WITH ROTTING BASES BECOMING UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. NEARLY ALL LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF HEALTHY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED... MOST COMMON WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF NEWLY PLANTED GROUND CROPS WILL BE DAMAGED.
... INLAND FLOODING...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THR"UGH SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
... TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AS IKE MOVES ONSHORE. YOU SHOULD PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS."
"Houston, Bellaire, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Humble, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Jersey Village, Richmond, Alvin, Bay City, Angleton: Sustained winds 80-110 mph winds, 5-10" rain with flooding in poor drainage areas, isolated tornadoes."
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