[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...DEPRESSION MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD A SHORT DISTANCE OFFSHORE...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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 TANGIPAHOA

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

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

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT PEARL RIVER...
WALTHALL AND PIKE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON PARISH IN
LOUISIANA.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.4 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF BILOXI.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...BRINGING THE CENTER OF THE
DEPRESSION VERY NEAR THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1006 MB...29.71 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. A FEW AREAS
ALONG THE SHORE LINES OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN 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 AROUND 730 PM CDT OR
SOONER IF NECESSARY.

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