[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM CINDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE OVER 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 MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING INCLUDES
LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 415 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.7 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND GRADUALLY
WEAKEN TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER THAN 39 MPH...WILL
AFFECT MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN
SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING.
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING
COASTAL AREAS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
OUTSIDE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES...SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES
FOR THE IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING.

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

TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST...REACHING 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF TROPICAL STORM CINDYS PATH.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL
ROADWAYS AND PROPERTY IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...ALONG COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND AROUND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

...WIND IMPACTS....

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA FROM SOUTH ST TAMMANY PARISH...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND NEW
ORLEANS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TO THE COAST. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE EVENING
WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO 65 MPH. NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT HAS
RECORDED WIND GUSTS 50 KNOTS...57 MPH...OR HIGHER...SINCE 1100 PM
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH 400 AM THIS MORNING.

OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH IN THE STRONGER
RAINBANDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA HAS RESULTED IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS
AND TREES...AS WELL AS DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.


...RAINFALL...

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
MAINLY TO THE EAST OF TROPICAL STORM CINDYS TRACK...WITH THE
GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FLOODING OF
STREETS HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TODAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY
AND THURSDAY AS THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY
IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS IN EXTREME
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD MONITOR RIVER LEVELS AND LATEST RIVER
FORECASTS.

...TORNADOES...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THREAT OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS...PRIMARILY
IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 730 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY.

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