Hanna, Ike and Josephine. Hurricanes of the Week

AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.4 NORTH ... LONGITUDE 92.5 WEST OR NEAR BULL SHOALS ARKANSAS. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 115 MILES... 185 KM...NORTH OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS...AND ABOUT 75 MILES... 120 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH... 50 kM/HR . A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF IKE THROUGH THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES STATES BY MONDAY
MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR ... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE SHOULD LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AS IT MERGES WITH A COLD FRONT. THE SYSTEM COULD STRENGTHEN AS A NON-TROPICAL LOW SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY. WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...50 TO 55 KM/HR ... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ...65 TO 70 KM/HR...HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT SEVERAL STATIONS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IS 986 MB...29.12 INCHES.

WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTS TODAY.

IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM MISSOURI INTO ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA...AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY FROM OUT EASTERN MISSOURI AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY.

REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...36.4 N...92.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...986 MB.

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE ADVISORIES ON IKE WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER IN WASHINGTON DC.

FORECASTER BEVEN

... High Wind Warning in effect until 9 PM EDT this evening...

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a High Wind
Warning... which is in effect until 9 PM EDT this evening. The
Wind Advisory is no longer in effect.

The remnants of Hurricane Ike will combine with a quick moving
cold front to bring windy conditions to the region today. Surface
winds will continue to increase this afternoon... with sustained
south winds of 25 to 40 mph and gusts to near 60 mph. The strong
winds will continue through early evening until a cold front
passes through the region.

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

Of the 30 dead, five were in Galveston, including one body found in a vehicle submerged in floodwater at the airport. There were two other deaths in Texas and six in Louisiana, including a 16-year-old boy trapped in rising floodwaters. Several were farther inland.

Two golfers died when a tree fell on them in Tennessee. There were six deaths in Indiana; three died in Missouri. One person died in Arkansas and three in Ohio, including two motorcyclists killed when a tree toppled on them at a state park. But the toll still paled in comparison to what Ike did elsewhere before arriving: The storm claimed more than 80 lives in the Caribbean before reaching Texas.