[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 011737
HLSJAN

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1235 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...CENTER OF GUSTAV APPROACHING MORGAN CITY 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 1200 PM CDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
ABOUT 65 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 105 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 957 MB...28.26 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-
1235 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

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


...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 1200 PM CDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 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 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 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
FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 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 4 PM CDT.

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