[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
515 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2005

...HURRICANE DENNIS LASHING CENTRAL CUBA...CONTINUES TO MOVE
NORTHWEST...

THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...

HARRISON...HANCOCK...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO
THE STEINHACHEE RIVER IN FLORIDA. THE HURRICANE WATCH INCLUDES THE
ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 74 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36
HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR
POSSIBLE HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 74 MPH AND
INCREASING TIDES...DEVELOPING WITHIN 36 HOURS.

RESIDENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW LYING
AREAS NEAR THE COAST PRONE TO STORM SURGE FLOODING...SHOULD FOLLOW
ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF REQUESTED.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.1 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE DENNIS REMAINS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. WHILE DENNIS MAY WEAKEN SOME OVER CUBA...IT IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT EMERGES OVER THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO LATER TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS....

AS HURRICANE DENNIS CROSSES THE GULF OF MEXICO...WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...39 MPH OR HIGHER...
WILL SPREAD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES SUNDAY MORNING.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

...RAINFALL...

SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DENNIS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN
SUNDAY MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

...NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 PM.

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