[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1040 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...DENNIS NOW A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE CONTINUES TO
STRENGTHEN...

...DENNIS COULD BE A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AT LANDFALL...

...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS URGED TO PREPARE FOR HURRICANE
CONDITIONS...

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

JEFFERSON...ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD...ST CHARLES...
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST TAMMANY...AND TANGIPAHOA

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER
EASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE HURRICANE WARNING INCLUDES
THE ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 74 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL
RIVER TO GRAND ISLE...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OF
WINDS 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24
HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE PREPARATIONS FOR
HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 74 MPH AND INCREASING
TIDES...DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY.

HANCOCK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR
ALL UNINCORPORATED LOW LYING AND MOBILE HOMES AREAS. NO CURFEW IS IN
EFFECT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY AT THIS TIME.

HARRISON COUNTY HAS MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR FLOOD ZONES A AND B...
AND EVACUATIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED IN FLOOD ZONE C. NO CURFEW
IS IN EFFECT FOR HARRISON COUNTY AT THIS TIME.

JACKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS ISSUED MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
IN FLOOD ZONE A ALONG WITH MANDATORY EVACUATIONS OF LOW LYING
AREAS...MOBILE HOMES...CAMPGROUNDS AND BEACH FRONTS. EVACUATIONS ARE
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ALL OTHER AREAS.

MISSISSIPPI COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR
ADDITIONAL EVACUATION INFORMATION.

IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON SUNDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE
LIMBS RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.3 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST
NEAR 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT AND DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
CATEGORY 4 PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS...50 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH...WILL SPREAD OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...WITH WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 100 MPH POSSIBLE IN JACKSON COUNTY IF THE EYEWALL PASSES
NEARBY.

FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF
45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE COULD OCCUR OVER THE AREA
ON SUNDAY AS THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF POWERFUL HURRICANE DENNIS
MOVES BY THE AREA. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN TREE
BRANCHES...RESULTING IN DOWNED POWER LINES.


...STORM SURGE...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...A 3 TO 5 FOOT STORM SURGE IS LIKELY. IF
THE HURRICANE LANDFALL SHIFTS WESTWARD A MUCH GREATER STORM SURGE
WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. A STORM
SURGE POTENTIAL OF 12 TO 17 FEET IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST
WHERE HURRICANE DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL. RESIDENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST...PARTICULARLY HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES...SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY VIGILANT FOR EXTREME STORM SURGE POTENTIAL.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA A 2 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 1 TO 2 FOOT STORM SURGE COULD OCCUR IN LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SOME FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS OUTSIDE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES IS POSSIBLE OVER
AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DENNIS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN
SUNDAY MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY PRIMARILY ON
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL EXCEEDING 5 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY IN JACKSON COUNTY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1230 AM CDT

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