[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
230 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS WITH 145 MPH WINDS...

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

...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 FOR 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 NEXT 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 DURING THE DAY.

SOME TYPE OF EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI.
RESIDENTS IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD ADHERE TO ANY EVACUATION
ORDERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND LISTEN TO
LOCAL MEDIA FOR DETAILED 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 2 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST OR ABOUT 275 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 145 MPH. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY
FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN
STRENGTH ARE LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...40 TO 60
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL SPREAD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES
THIS MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE LIKELY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES...WITH WIND IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH POSSIBLE IN JACKSON
COUNTY IF THE HURRICANE EYE WALL PASSES NEARBY.

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

...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 AND TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

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

...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 OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY IN JACKSON
COUNTY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 AM CDT.

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