[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 011542
HLSJAN

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...CENTER OF GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL NEAR COCODRIE LOUISIANA...

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.

AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
EAST OF THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
CONTINUES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO THE
FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER.

AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST OR OVER THE LOUISIANA
COAST JUST WEST-SOUTHWEST OF COCODRIE LOUISIANA.  THIS POSITION IS
ALSO ABOUT ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND
ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN THE
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA COAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA
TONIGHT AND EASTERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY.

REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS MAKES GUSTAV A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS THE CENTER OF GUSTAV
MOVES INLAND OVER LOUISIANA.

AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 955 MB...28.20 INCHES.

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ047>049-053>056-059>066-072>074-020900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080902T0900Z/
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-
HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-
MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
1014 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
TUESDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 4 PM...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT COVERS AREAS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
RICHLAND..MADISON...FRANKLIN...CATAHOULA...TENSAS AND CONCORDIA.
ALSO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI
WARREN...RANKIN...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JEFFERSON
...FRANKLIN...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...COVINGTON
...JONES...MARION...LAMAR AND FORREST.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM

JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE...LINCOLN...MARION...COVINGTON...FORREST...
JONES...LAMAR...ADAMS...AND FRANKLIN.


...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES OR OVER THE LOUISIANA COAST JUST WEST-SOUTHWEST OF COCODRIE
LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS.
IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 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 955 MB...28.20 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 SOUTH 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
PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1 PM CDT.

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