[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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Wed Sep 10 19:16:34 CDT 2008
WTUS84 KLIX 110015
HLSLIX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
715 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA...
.AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT
700 MILES...1125 KM...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT
345 MILES...555 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN
BACK TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY
ON THURSDAY...AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE BY THURSDAY.
IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 947 MB...27.96 INCHES.
LAZ069-120015-
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LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
715 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT
700 MILES...1125 KM...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT
345 MILES...555 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN
BACK TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY
ON THURSDAY...AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE BY THURSDAY.
IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 947 MB...27.96 INCHES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES SHOULD
RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL ACTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
EXPOSED TO SALT WATER INUNDATION. ALSO...LOOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE
TIED DOWN OR BROUGHT INDOORS TO AVOID BECOME PROJECTILES IN HIGH
WINDS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY AND REMAIN
ANOMALOUSLY HIGH INTO SATURDAY BEFORE SLOWLY ABATING LATE SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
EAST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE EXTREME LOWER PART OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH MAINLY BELOW HEAD OF
PASSES AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTS 35 MPH
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
FARTHER INLAND ABOVE HEAD OF PASSES...EAST WINDS 20 T0 30 MPH
GUSTS 40 MPH THURSDAY BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTS 35 MPH
LATER THURSDAY. IF THE TRACK OF HURRICANE IKE IS ADJUSTED
NORTHWARD...THEN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD FARTHER
INLAND THAN INDICATED.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
FOR BURAS LA...
THERE IS A 39 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 PM AND 2 PM THU.
THERE IS A 3 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 2 AM FRI.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM FAST
MOVING OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IKE.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS THAT WILL BE MOVING
ONSHORE AS OUTER BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
$$
LAZ056-059-065>068-120015-
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ASSUMPTION-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
715 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT
700 MILES...1125 KM...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT
345 MILES...555 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN
BACK TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY
ON THURSDAY...AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE BY THURSDAY.
IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 947 MB...27.96 INCHES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES
SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL ACTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT EXPOSED TO SALT WATER INUNDATION. ALSO...LOOSE ITEMS
SHOULD BE TIED DOWN OR BROUGHT INDOORS TO AVOID BECOME PROJECTILES
IN HIGH WINDS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY AND REMAIN
ANOMALOUSLY HIGH INTO SATURDAY BEFORE SLOWLY ABATING LATE SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
NEAR THE COAST...EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO
45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FARTHER FROM
THE COAST...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH
GUSTS 35 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM FAST
MOVING OUTER BANDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IKE.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS THAT WILL BE MOVING
ONSHORE AS OUTER BANDS FROM HURRICANE IKE. THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
$$
GMZ550-570-575-120015-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA 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-
715 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT
700 MILES...1125 KM...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT
345 MILES...555 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN
BACK TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY
ON THURSDAY...AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE BY THURSDAY.
IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 947 MB...27.96 INCHES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HURRICANE IKE
MOVES SAFELY ON SHORE AND WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY AND CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS UNTIL LANDFALL EARLY
SATURDAY. TIDES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
EAST WINDS 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS EXPECTED THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
...TORNADOES...
WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SQUALL BANDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
ISOLATED TROPICAL TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR
COASTAL AREAS.
...SEAS...
SEAS 20 TO 25 FEET WITH RANDOM 30 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN UNPROTECTED WATERS.
SWELL PERIODS 10 TO 14 SECONDS WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES 12 TO 15
FEET IN NEAR COASTAL WATERS AND SHOAL AREAS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
$$
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