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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...GUSTAV NEARING THE LOUISIANA COAST...HEAVY RAIN BANDS APPROACHING
NEW ORLEANS...

AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 115 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 195 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 65
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.

GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.

AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 956 MB OR 28.23 INCHES OF MERCURY.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

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LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY
UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

           DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...
           BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...
           OUACHITA...CALDWELL... LA SALLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

           TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
           FLASH FLOOD WATCH

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 115 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 195 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.

GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR PROTECTING
LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO LARGE TO
BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN HALF
OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM MONROE TO BIENVILLE...RINGGOLD...AND LOGANSPORT...LOUISIANA
AND CENTER TO BROADDUS TEXAS. THESE WINDS WILL START AS EARLY AS
MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. TROPICAL
STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...
AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TUESDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

HE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 730 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.

$$

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SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
           HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

           CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
           CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

           MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
           HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

           MCCURTAIN.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

           FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 195 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.

GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.

AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 956 MB OR 28.23 INCHES OF MERCURY.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

...WINDS...

FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 730 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.

$$

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