[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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Mon Sep 1 16:43:33 CDT 2008
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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
443 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...GUSTAV WEAKENS TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE...CENTER
APPROACHING NEW IBERIA AND LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA...
.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR BETWEEN BATON ROUGE
AND FRANKLIN.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH 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 FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-020045-
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TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
443 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO OVERNIGHT SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...EXCLUDING
TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE AND ASSUMPTION PARISHES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
...STORM INFORMATION...
.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF BATON ROUGE.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH 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 FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PERSONS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY
ACTIONS.
MANY PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COUNTIES IN SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI HAVE EVACUATION ORDERS IN EFFECT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE
ADVICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TIDE STATION... NORTHEAST BAY
GARDENE NEAR POINT A LA HACHE...HAD RISEN NEARLY 12 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING. AT 4 PM CDT..THE TIDE LEVEL AT
THIS GAGE HAS DECREASED 4 FEET. A DECREASE IN TIDE LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED FOR POINTS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... INCLUDING THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST AS GUSTAV MOVES NORTHWEST. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY.
WINDS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTHEAST. A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 14 WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR AND EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF GUSTAV CROSS THE
COAST. THIS TIDAL INCREASE WILL BE VERY NOTICEABLE ALONG THE WEST
BANK THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. SECTIONS OF WEST JEFFERSON...AND LOWER LAFOURCHE
HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES COULD BE OVER TOPPED. AREAS OUTSIDE OF
HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...WILL BE
SEVERELY INUNDATED.
MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTED BY THE STORM
SURGE MAY BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE
SWAMPED. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF BY
STORM SURGE FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL MOVE
WELL INLAND ESPECIALLY ALONG BAYS AND BAYOUS. A STORM SURGE OF
THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE FLOODING AND POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
...WINDS...
AT 212 PM CDT...BATON ROUGE AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUSTED OF 91
MPH.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COAST AND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE BATON ROUGE METRO
AREA...THROUGH 7 PM.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AS GUSTAV MOVES INLAND...TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW LOCALS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 20
INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS MAY LEAD TO MODERATE TO MAJOR
FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS.
...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY INTO TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 630 PM CDT.
$$
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LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
443 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED OVERNIGHT FOR THE TIDAL LAKES
AND COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES.
A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND OUT 20 NAUTICAL
MILES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COASTAL WATERS AND
LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF BATON ROUGE.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH 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 FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS TODAY INTO EARLY
TONIGHT.
...WINDS...
HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS HAVE OCCURRED OVER LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND
MAUREPAS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY DIMINISHED TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE LATER THIS EVENING.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AND OVER TIDAL LAKES.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 630 PM CDT.
$$
LAZ034>037-046>048-020045-
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POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-IBERVILLE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-
443 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TODAY.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF BATON ROUGE.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH 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 FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PERSONS IN THE HURRICANE WIND WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE
NECESSARY ACTIONS TO SECURE AND PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. OVER
INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... INCLUDING THE CITY OF
BATON ROUGE...WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO CATEGORY ONE...75 MPH...WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
POORLY CONSTRUCTED OR UNSECURED MOBILE HOMES MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE. UNSECURED LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL
BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND PERHAPS
INJURY. MANY AREAS WILL HAVE POWER OUTAGES WITH NUMEROUS DOWNED
WIRES AND SOME POWER POLES PULLED DOWN. SOME LARGE TREES WILL BE
UPROOTED...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON SATURATED GROUND. NUMEROUS LARGE
BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL SNAP.
...WINDS...
AT 212 PM CDT...BATON ROUGE AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUSTED OF 91
MPH.
THE THREAT OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE...OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THIS MAY LEAD TO MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS.
...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 630 PM CDT.
$$
LAZ039-MSZ068>071-077-020045-
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WASHINGTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
443 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
WILKINSON...PIKE...AMITE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.0 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF BATON ROUGE.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...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 SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND INTO
EASTERN TEXAS BY TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH 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 FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. A FEW HOMES MAY
RECEIVE MOSTLY MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING.
UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND
LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND
SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME WEAKER SMALL TREES AND
LARGE BRANCHES MAY SNAP.
...WINDS...
AT 220 PM CDT...MCCOMB AIRPORT REPORTED A MAX WIND GUST OF 43 MPH.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE...OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS MAY LEAD TO MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON
SOME RIVERS.
...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY
INTO TUESDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 430 PM CDT.
$$
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