[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM****HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
738 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AND BECOMING
BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND
FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM GRAND ISLE EAST TO THE MOUTH
OF THE PEARL RIVER INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS...

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

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

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

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

HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER FLORIDA. THIS
INCLUDES AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. A
HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO
INDIAN PASS FLORIDA.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ARLENE IS MOVING
JUST WEST OF DUE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF
ARLENE WILL BE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ARLENE
COULD REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND
EAST OF THE CENTER.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...WIND TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE...40 MPH OR HIGHER...AND OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS IN
LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS AND NEAR TIDAL LAKES SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY EXPOSED TO TIDAL FLOODING. RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW
ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

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

TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A HALF A FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. HOWEVER...AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE APPROACHES THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST REGION...TIDE LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RUN 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AND MISSISSIPPI COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER TIDES MAY OCCUR ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THE GREATEST THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING WILL
BE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...AND AREAS OF ST BERNARD...
PLAQUEMINES AND ORLEANS PARISHES OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION
LEVEES. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR AROUND
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND GRAND ISLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

...WIND IMPACTS....

EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH AND
HIGHER MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
ESPECIALLY COASTAL MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...
DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF ARLENE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING TONIGHT...
WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH.

...RAINFALL...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
THROUGH SATURDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.

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