[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM****HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
417 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER THREE STRENGTHENS INTO TROPICAL STORM
CINDY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...

...TROPICAL STORM CINDY MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF COAST...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AREA NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI....

...AREAS AFFECTED...

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES...

ASSUMPTION...ASCENSION...TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE...JEFFERSON...
ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE
BAPTIST...ST JAMES...LIVINGSTON...TANGIPAHOA...ST TAMMANY

AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...
HARRISON...HANCOCK...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
WEST TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
INCLUDES LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND THE CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR HIGHER AND INCREASING TIDES...ARE LIKELY WITHIN 24
HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 255 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TROPICAL
STORM CINDY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN BEFORE LANDFALL.
MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER THAN 39 MPH...ARE
LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS OF
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR RISING
TIDES...INCREASING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY.


...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...

TIDES CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY REACH 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WATCH AREA.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY FLOOD LOW LYING COASTAL ROADWAYS IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND AROUND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...WIND IMPACTS....

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM
CINDY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WILL LIKELY SPREAD INLAND DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

...RAINFALL...

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING.


...NEW INFORMATION...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
WEST TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
INCLUDES LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND THE CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS.


...NEXT UPDATE....
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 730 AM CDT TUESDAY.

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