[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1000 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW MAKES LANDFALL...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

...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 CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISISSISSIPPI.
THIS INCLUDES AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE PONCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS.

...STORM INFORMATION SUMMARY...
AT 10 AM CDT...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW WAS LOCATED AT 29.9 NORTH
AND 90.8 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS. MATTHEW IS
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY IN
SQUALLS WELL TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. AS MATTHEW MOVES INLAND IT
WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WHICH WILL BE
VERY SLOW TO RECEDE. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALLS BE MOVING
INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.

...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.

AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW MOVES FURTHER INLAND TODAY WINDS
WILL SWITCH TO SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
MEANS THAT STORM SURGE THAT HAS BUILD UP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN. SOME ACCESS ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING COASTAL
AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IMPASSABLE DUE TO STORM SURGE
FLOODING.

TIDAL FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN LOW LYING AREAS
SURROUNDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IMPACTING PROPERTY AS TIDES RUN 3 TO 4
FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.

...WIND IMPACTS....
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI TODAY. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AS THE
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW MOVE THROUGH
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.

...RAINFALL...
A FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF AREA TODAY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
SHOWED HEAVY SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW EXTENDS FROM HAMMOND LOUISIANA TO EASTERN
NEW ORLEANS AND THEN CONTINUE EAST TO GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. THESE
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER INLAND TODAY.  ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED AS MATTHEW CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED ABOUT TROPICAL
DEPRESSION MATTHEW.

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