[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 011337
HLSJAN

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
835 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...GUSTAV WEAKENS TO A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...EYEWALL MOVING ONTO
THE SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.

AT 800 AM CDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 130 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT FOURCHON ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.

GUSTAV IS 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.

REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES GUSTAV A CATEGORY TWO 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.

AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

MSZ063>066-072>074-020900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080902T0900Z/
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
835 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENTS COVERS AREAS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...COVINGTON...JONES...MARION...LAMAR...AND FORREST.
ALSO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR THIS AREA.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 800 AM CDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMING TO
A CLOSE AS HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THESE WINDS SHOULD PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
WILL RESULT IN MANY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE
TO BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES. WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE HURRICANE
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AFTER LANDFALL AND PROVIDE A PROLONGED
RAIN THREAT TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM
3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 10
INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
EUDORA TO YAZOO CITY TO LAUREL.

...TORNADOES...

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS THAT PIVOT OVER THE AREA
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
LATE THIS MORNING. TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR THE REGION.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 11 AM CDT.

$$

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ047>049-053>056-059>062-020900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.W.0001.080901T1500Z-080902T0900Z/
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-
HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
835 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES...
RICHLAND...MADISON...FRANKLIN...CATAHOULA...TENSAS AND CONCORDIA
AS WELL AS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WARREN...HINDS...RANKIN...
CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JEFFERSON DAVIS...ADAMS...
FRANKLIN AND LINCOLN.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 800 AM CDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMING TO
A CLOSE AS HURRICANE GUSTAV BEGINS TO MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.


...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THESE WINDS SHOULD PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
WILL RESULT IN MANY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE
TO BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES. WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 70 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE HURRICANE
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AFTER LANDFALL AND PROVIDE A PROLONGED
RAIN THREAT TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM
3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 10
INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
EUDORA TO YAZOO CITY TO LAUREL.

...TORNADOES...

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS THAT PIVOT OVER THE AREA
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE THIS EVENING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 11 AM CDT.

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