[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 211738
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LAZ038-040-058-060>064-069-070-MSZ080>082-212130-

SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NEW ORLEANS LA
1207 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007

...SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA TO THE MOUTH
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST
JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST
BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINES...
LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY AND TANGIAPHOA

IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN
EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

IN ADDITION...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT PEARL
RIVER COUNTY AND WASHINGTON PARISH. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WALTHALL AND PIKE COUNTIES.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIVINGSTON...LAFOURCHE
AND TERREBONNE PARISHES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 AM CDT THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION
TEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 225 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BILOXI.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A TURN
TO THE WEST- NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL BE
MOVING NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY
THOSE IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE URGED TO FOLLOW ADVISE
GIVEN BY LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW. SOME AREAS
MAY EXPERIENCE TIDE LEVELS OF 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY REACH
PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD
WESTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
DEPRESSION MAINLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 2 PM CDT OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

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