[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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Sun Aug 31 07:13:23 CDT 2008
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HLSJAN
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
712 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVES TOWARDS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...
.AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR ABOUT
375 MILES... 605 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON
THIS TRACK... GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO TODAY...AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON
MONDAY.
REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR
120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV
COULD REGAIN CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO
REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM. THE
NOAA AUTOMATED STATION AT PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT FLORIDA RECENTLY
REPORTED 2-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS OF 51 MPH...81 KM/HR...WITH A
GUST OF 60 MPH...96 KM/HR.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
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LAZ023>026-MSZ059>062-011215-
/O.CON.KJAN.HI.A.0001.080901T2100Z-080903T0000Z/
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
712 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...HURRICANE WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE GUSTAV HAS WEAKENED TO 120 MPH BUT IS STILL A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. EVEN THOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED IT MAY
STILL
RESTRENGTHEN INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENTS COVERS AREAS IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES...ADAMS...FRANKLIN...AND LINCOLN.
A HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOUISIANA PARISHES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...FRANKLIN...
JEFFERSON...AND
TENSAS.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR ABOUT 375
MILES... 605 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS
TRACK... GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
TODAY... AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.
REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120
MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN
CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN
STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR
HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM. THE
NOAA AUTOMATED STATION AT PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT FLORIDA RECENTLY
REPORTED 2-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS OF 51 MPH...81 KM/HR...WITH A GUST OF
60 MPH...96 KM/HR.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA IN THE
AFTERNOON MONDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THESE WINDS SHOULD PERSISTS INTO TUESDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS AT THIS
TIME LOOK LIKE THERE COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
...TORNADOES...
THE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE OVER THE AREA. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT
WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM WHICH WILL BE LATE MONDAY
AND INTO TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1030 AM CDT.
$$
MSZ063>065-072>074-011215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.A.0001.080901T1200Z-080903T0000Z/
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
712 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE GUSTAV HAS WEAKENED TO 120 MPH BUT IS STILL A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. EVEN THOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED IT MAY
STILL RESTRENGTHEN INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS WATCH COVERS ARES IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...COVINGTON...FORREST...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...LAMAR...LAWRENCE... MARION.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR ABOUT 375
MILES... 605 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS
TRACK... GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
TODAY... AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.
REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120
MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN
CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN
STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR
HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM. THE
NOAA AUTOMATED STATION AT PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT FLORIDA RECENTLY
REPORTED 2-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS OF 51 MPH...81 KM/HR...WITH A GUST OF
60 MPH...96 KM/HR.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI MONDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS
WILL INITIALLY BE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BEFORE VEERING TO THE EAST
AND SHOULD PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT IF NOT EARLY TUESDAY. WINDS
COULD ALSO GUST TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE AT TIMES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS AT THIS
TIME LOOK LIKE THERE COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
...TORNADOES...
THE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE OVER THE AREA. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT
WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM WHICH WILL BE MIDDAY MONDAY
AND INTO TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1030 AM CDT.
$$
LAZ007>009-015-016-MSZ040>043-047>049-053>056-066-011215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.A.0001.080901T2100Z-080903T0000Z/
MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA-ISSAQUENA-
SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JONES-
712 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE GUSTAV HAS WEAKENED TO 120 MPH BUT IS STILL A DANGEROUS
CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE. EVEN THOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED IT MAY
STILL RESTRENGTHEN INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...HINDS...ISSAQUENA...
JONES...MADISON...RANKIN...SHARKEY...SIMPSON...SMITH...WARREN...
AND YAZOO.
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOUISIANA PARISHES...EAST CARROLL...MADISON...MOREHOUSE...
RICHLAND...AND WEST CARROLL
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR ABOUT 375
MILES... 605 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON MONDAY. ON THIS
TRACK... GUSTAV WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
TODAY... AND MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.
REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120
MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME RESTRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REGAIN
CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS IN
STRENGTH ARE LIKELY...BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR
HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM. THE
NOAA AUTOMATED STATION AT PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT FLORIDA RECENTLY
REPORTED 2-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS OF 51 MPH...81 KM/HR...WITH A GUST OF
60 MPH...96 KM/HR.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL EXPAND WEST INTO PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EARLY MONDAY EVENING AND SHOULD PERSISTS THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST TO NEAR 60 MPH AT
TIMES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS AT THIS
TIME LOOK LIKE THERE COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 7 INCHES POSSIBLE.
...TORNADOES...
THE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE OVER THE AREA. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT
WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM WHICH WILL BE LATE MONDAY
AND INTO TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1030 AM CDT.
$$
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