[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KSHV 021001
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
501 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

.AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.4 WEST...OR ABOUT
15 MILES TO THE WEST OF NATCHITOCHES...LOUISIANA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED.
THIS MOTION WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF GUSTAV ACROSS WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THE LATEST ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS RISEN TO 985
MB...OR 29.09 INCHES OF MERCURY.

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8
INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE RED RIVER TODAY.

LAZ001>003-005-010>014-017>022-TXZ138-149>153-165>167-021115-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080903T0000Z/
CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
501 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

 BOWIE...CASS...HARRISON...MARION...AND PANOLA.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

 CADDO...BOSSIER...DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...WEBSTER...
CLAIBORNE...NATCHITOCHES...BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...
UNION...WINN...GRANT...OUACHITA...CALDWELL...AND LA SALLE.

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

UNION...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...MILLER...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...
HOWARD...SEVIER...AND LITTLE RIVER.

...HERE IS THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15
MILES WEST OF NATCHITOCHES...LOUISIANA...AND WAS MOVING NORTHWEST
AT NEARLY 10 MPH. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 29.09
INCHES OF MERCURY...AND RISING RAPIDLY.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
MAY CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS IN YOUR AREA.

...FOR THE RISK OF HIGH WINDS...

WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WINN...BIENVILLE...
DESOTO...NATCHITOCHES...AND RED RIVER PARISHES...THROUGH
SUNRISE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH...WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH LATE MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3
TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

...TORNADOES...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 730 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

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