[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW RESUMES NORTH NORTHEAST HEADING...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
   LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING LAKE
   PONTCHARTRAIN...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...ASSUMPTION...LIVINGSTON...
...LAFOURCHE...PLAQUEMINES...JEFFERSON...ST BERNARD...ORLEANS...
ST CHARLES...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...TERREBONNE...
TANGIPAHOA AND ST TAMMANY.

IN ADDITION....THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN MISSISSIPPI...HANCOCK...JACKSON...HARRISON.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA
BORDER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA INCLUDING AREAS ADJACENT TO
LAKE PONCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS.

...STORM INFORMATION SUMMARY...
AT 1 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED AT 28.1 NORTH
AND 91.2 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AN ERRATIC BUT BUT GENERALLY NORTH NORTHEAST
MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF THE
STORM SHOULD REACH THE COAST LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
MAINLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...40 MPH OR HIGHER...AND
OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREA AND
NEAR TIDAL LAKES SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY EXPOSED TO
TIDAL FLOODING.

ACROSS INLAND AREAS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. RESIDENTS ALONG RIVERS SHOULD
MONITOR RIVER LEVELS AND THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...WITH SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS
ALONG THE COAST AND AROUND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN NOTED DURING THE
EVENING.

AS TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW MOVES TOWARD SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 4
FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...WAVE ACTION WILL
COMPOUND THE AFFECTS OF THE STORM SURGE. LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS
NEAR THE COAST...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES
WILL LIKELY FLOOD LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SOME ACCESS ROADWAYS IN
LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO STORM SURGE
FLOODING.

TIDAL FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IMPACTING PROPERTY AS TIDES RUN 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY WAVE ACTION WILL COMPOUND THE EFFECTS OF
THE STORM SURGE.

...WIND IMPACTS....
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED OVER LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN AND AT GRAND ISLE SATURDAY EVENING.

...RAINFALL...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
CURRENTLY ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. HOWEVER..HEAVY RAINBANDS MAY
REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE TROPICAL STORM.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AS RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
STORM MATTHEW MOVE ONSHORE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 AM CDT.

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