[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 020224
HLSJAN

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

...GUSTAV CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.2 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...
25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO
ABOUT 35 MILES...55 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 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 NORTHEASTERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH...120 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 EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT
OR EARLY TUESDAY AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATE TUESDAY OR ON
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.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 972 MB...28.70 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.


MSZ056-064>066-072>074-020330-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080902T0200Z/
SMITH-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
924 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT COVERS AREAS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL MIDNIGHT FOR THIS AREA WITH
ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH LIKELY TO BE ISSUED AFTER THAT. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.2 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...
25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO
NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE MOSTLY COME TO AN END BUT A WIND
ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT TILL 7 AM. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WITH ANY
OF THE RAIN BANDS THAT MOVE THROUGH.

...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 TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.

...TORNADOES...

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS THAT PIVOT OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

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

$$

LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>061-021200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080902T1200Z/
MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA-
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-
ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-
924 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT
RICHLAND...MADISON LA...FRANKLIN LA...CATAHOULA...TENSAS...
CONCORDIA...WARREN...CLAIBORNE...JEFFERSON...ADAMS AND FRANKLIN
MS. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.2 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...
25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO
NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 39 TO 50 MPH WILL IMPACT THE
AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 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
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM
TUESDAY.

...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 5 TO 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES
POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY.

...TORNADOES...

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS THAT PIVOT OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

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

$$

MSZ048-049-054-055-062-063-020600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080902T0600Z/
HINDS-RANKIN-COPIAH-SIMPSON-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
924 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT COVERS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT
HINDS...RANKIN...COPIAH...SIMPSON...LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE. A
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.2 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...
25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO
NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.

...WINDS...

WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN MANY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND
POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY.

...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 THROUGH
TUESDAY.

...TORNADOES...

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN BANDS THAT PIVOT OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

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

$$




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