[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WTUS84 KLIX 101540
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-058>070-MSZ080>082-101800-

HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TOWARD
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST WITH 140 MPH WINDS...

...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RUSH PREPARATIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY TO COMPLETION...

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

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

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 FINALIZE PREPARATIONS
FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 74 MPH AND INCREASING
TIDES...THAT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.

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 TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS
RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 140 MPH. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY
FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. DENNIS IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE LANDFALL THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...50 TO 60
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL SPREAD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES
LATER THIS MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS...74 MPH OR GREATER...
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY JACKSON COUNTY.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE LIKELY OVER THE AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR
70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON
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. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
ROADWAYS OR OVER WATER CROSSINGS DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

...STORM SURGE...
FOR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...HURRICANE DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ASHORE AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE WITH A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE
WHERE STORM SURGE VALUES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. LATEST
INDICATIONS ARE THAT LANDFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE ALABAMA
FLORIDA BORDER AREA.  THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WHICH
WILL PUSH WATER AWAY FROM THE COAST AND LIMIT STORM SURGE VALUES
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...A 2 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED EAST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND A 1 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE COULD OCCUR
IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTER DENNIS MAKES
LANDFALL AND WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST. SOME FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES IS POSSIBLE OVER
AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS AROUND
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DENNIS WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT
AND INTENSE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
EXPECTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. SOMEWHAT LESSER RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10
INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY THE
EASTERN PORTION.

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

$$

This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net