[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR NEAR OPELOUSAS
LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES...20 KM...NORTH
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF GUSTAV ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...WITH
GUSTAV FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES...325 KM. BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND
GUST OF 82 MPH...131 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

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

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT.


LAZ001>003-TXZ138-149>151-020300-
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CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
425 PM 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 TONIGHT
UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.


...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE...ANGELINA...
           NACOGDOCHES.

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 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR NEAR OPELOUSAS
LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES...20 KM...NORTH
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF GUSTAV ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...WITH
GUSTAV FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES...325 KM. BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND
GUST OF 82 MPH...131 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

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

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT.


...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 SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...MOST OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONROE
TO RUSTON AND THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER METRO AREA ONTO NEAR
MARSHALL...HENDERSON AND RUSK TEXAS. THESE WINDS WILL START
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM WIND
GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND
AND SAM RAYBURN COUNTY OF DEEP EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.


...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 LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY. 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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING.

$$

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

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS 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 TONIGHT
UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE...ANGELINA...
           NACOGDOCHES.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

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

THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

           CLAIBORNE...UNION...BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...OUACHITA...
           RED RIVER...JACKSON...CALDWELL...NATCHITOCHES...
           GRANT...LA SALLE...WINN

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

           TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
           FLASH FLOOD WATCH
           TORNADO WATCH


...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR NEAR OPELOUSAS
LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES...20 KM...NORTH
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF GUSTAV ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...WITH
GUSTAV FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES...325 KM. BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND
GUST OF 82 MPH...131 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

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

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT.


...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 SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...MOST OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONROE
TO RUSTON AND THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER METRO AREA ONTO NEAR
MARSHALL...HENDERSON AND RUSK TEXAS. THESE WINDS WILL START
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM WIND
GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND
AND SAM RAYBURN COUNTY OF DEEP EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.


...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 TONIGHT 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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING.

$$

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SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
425 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

A WIND ADVISORY AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
TONIGHT UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           SMITH...GREGG...WOOD...UPSHUR...MARION...CASS...CAMP...
           MORRIS...TITUS...FRANKLIN...BOWIE.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

           CLAIBORNE...UNION.

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

           MILLER...LAFAYETTE...COLUMBIA...UNION...NEVADA...
           HEMPSTEAD.

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

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           RED RIVER.

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

           LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD.

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

           MCCURTAIN.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

           FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR NEAR OPELOUSAS
LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES...20 KM...NORTH
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF GUSTAV ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...WITH
GUSTAV FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR EARLY
TUESDAY AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES...325 KM. BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND
GUST OF 82 MPH...131 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

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

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
PREPARATIONS NEED TO BE MADE TONIGHT TO MOVE CATTLE AND EQUIPMENT
TO HIGHER GROUND ACROSS THE MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY OF MCCURTAIN
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

...WINDS...

FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 TO 35 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 LATE TONIGHT 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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING.

$$

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