[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
425 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...ARLENE BECOMES SOMEWHAT LESS ORGANIZED...CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD
TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...

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

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO WEST OF PASCAGOULA
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 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 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ARLENE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AND SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED
TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ARLENE WILL BE APPROACHING THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST THIS 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 STILL POSSIBLE...AND ARLENE COULD BECOME A CATEGORY
1 HURRICANE 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 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST AREAS.
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...TIDES WILL INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL 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 TODAY.

...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
LATER TODAY. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST LATER
TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN
JACKSON COUNTY.

...RAINFALL...

VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SQUALLS WILL LIKELY IMPACT JACKSON COUNTY LATER
THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 5 INCHES.

ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER HANCOCK AND
HARRISON COUNTIES IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 730 AM CDT.

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