.DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT AS HURRICANE IKE MOVES INTO THE TEXAS COAST. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE IKE WILL BE FELT BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. A HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HURRICANE IKE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS BUT IT WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES TO NORTH TEXAS. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT AS SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO FALL IN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA MOST AT RISK WILL BE THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN HALVES OF NORTH TEXAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY AS IKE MOVES INTO ARKANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED OVERNIGHT. LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED SATURDAY.