[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1032 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

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

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI...

...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 HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO
STEINHATCHEE RIVER FLORIDA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT
FOR HANCOCK AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ARLENE IS MOVING
NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ARLENE WILL BE
APPROACHING THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING...THOUGH THE EFFECTS OF ARLENE WILL BE FELT ON
THE COAST MUCH EARLIER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ARLENE
COULD REACH CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE LANDFALL. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...MAINLY TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE CONDITIONS INCLUDING...HURRICANE FORCE WIND
GUSTS...75 MPH AND HIGHER...AND TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDE LEVELS.

RESIDENTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST SHOULD
PREPARE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...40 MPH
OR HIGHER...AND OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING COASTAL
AREAS AND NEAR TIDAL LAKES OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA 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 IN MOST AREAS. FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...TIDES WILL
INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMALLY EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY.

OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TIDES WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO
3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
ROADWAYS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION AREAS IN AREAS OF ST
BERNARD...PLAQUEMINES AND EASTERN ORLEANS PARISHES. 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 TO 40 MPH AND
HIGHER SHOULD AFFECT COASTAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
ESPECIALLY COASTAL MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SUSTAINED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
LIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST SATURDAY. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN JACKSON COUNTY
ON SATURDAY.

...RAINFALL...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH
SATURDAY.

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

...NEXT UPDATE....
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 AM CDT.

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