[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM****HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
800 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW MAKES LANDFALL...
...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 7 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED AT 29.5 NORTH
AND 90.8 WEST OR NEAR HOUMA. MATTHEW IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST
AT 9 MILES AN HOUR. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE STORM SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND...JUST TO THE WEST OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND
NEW ORLEANS BY THIS AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AS
MATTHEW CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND...IT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO A
DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

...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.

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 FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS ALONG
THE COAST AND AROUND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TODAY.

AS TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW MOVES FURTHER INLAND TODAY...STRONG EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL. 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 FLOOD TODAY. SOME ACCESS
ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS WILL 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 TODAY. THE WIND SPEEDS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AS TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WEAKENS.

WINDS AT THE AUTOMATED WEATHER PLATFORM AT BURAS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE AUTOMATED WEATHER
STATION AT GRAND ISLE WAS REPORTING SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 MILES AND
HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

...RAINFALL...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF AREA TODAY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
SHOWED HEAVY SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF
TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW HAS SPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
SQUALLS HAS BEEN FOCUSED FROM NEW ORLEANS SOUTHWARD INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS. THESE SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER INLAND
TODAY OVER PARISHES NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND INTO THE
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE TROPICAL
STORM ARE LIKELY.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS TODAY
AS RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW MOVE ONSHORE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 AM CDT.

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