LATEST POSITION REPORT AND MAIN FACTS
* Center near Conroe or about 60 miles SSW Lufkin in East Texas. Eye passed directly over (or very near) Conroe
* Highest sustained winds 90 mph
* Gusts to 110
* Moving north at 18 mph
* Will pass through North and NE Texas today and into West Arkansas tonight
RAIN EVENTS
* In next 24 hours, up to 8 inches expected East Central Texas
Almost 6 inches NE Texas and West Arkansas
4 inches SW Missouri
OTHER FACTS
* Numerous Texas National Guard personnel enroute from San Antonio. Will do search and rescue and aid in all possible ways.
* Coast Guard will be bringing in choppers to Galveston area for search and rescue
* Officials estimate that eventually 1 in 4 Texans may not have power
* During the night, water was six feet deep inside the Galveston County Courthouse
* Pinewood area, near Houston, reports more damage than compared to Rita. Sheet metal flying.
* 9 to 12 foot storm surge still occurring along Upper Texas Coast
* Johnson Space Center evacuated overnight
TEXARKANA
Tropical Storm Warning today.
Flash Flood Watch through late tonight
Possible spin-off tornadoes through tonight
DALLAS-FORT WORTH
Tropical Storm Wind Warning through midnight tonight
Flash Flood Watch today through Sunday
North winds will reach gusts as high as 60 as the center of Ike passes off to the east
HOUSTON
Flood Watch through Sunday morning
Tornado Watch until 10 am today (at least)
Hurricane Warning still in effect
Gusts to 90 still possible this morning
Showers and thunderstorms continue Sunday but wind generally less than 20 mph
