[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...ARLENE CONTINUES TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AS A STRONG
TROPICAL STORM...

...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 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST OF
THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF
ARLENE TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY...THOUGH THE OUTER
RAINBANDS ARE BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE COAST THIS MORNING.

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
LATER TODAY.

...WIND IMPACTS....

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 THIS
MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN
JACKSON COUNTY.

...RAINFALL...

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

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

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 AM CDT.

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