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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1057 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA
   BORDER TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...

.AT 10 AM CDT...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MORGAN
CITY LOUISIANA TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD
REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE FRIDAY.

AT 10 AM CDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN
CITY TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

AT 1000 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 470 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO...AND THE CENTER OF IKE SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE COAST BY LATE
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE
IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE
COASTLINE.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

GMZ530-555-LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-111900-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-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-
1057 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

.AT 10 AM CDT...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MORGAN
CITY LOUISIANA TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD
REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE FRIDAY.

AT 10 AM CDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN
CITY TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

AT 1000 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 470 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO...AND THE CENTER OF IKE SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE COAST BY LATE
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE
IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE
COASTLINE.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PREPAREDNESS MEASURES SHOULD BE COMPLETE AT THIS TIME.
TROPICAL STORM WINDS HAVE ONSET ALONG THE LOWER LOUISIANA COAST
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDES AND SALT
WATER INUNDATION IS TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE LEVEE PROTECTION
SYSTEM.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES ARE TWO TO FOUR FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND REMAIN
ANOMALOUSLY HIGH INTO SATURDAY BEFORE SLOWLY ABATING LATE SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. FLOODING OF COASTAL AREAS...INCLUDING ACCESS
ROADS...OUTSIDE OF HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE SYSTEMS IS OCCURRING
AT THIS TIME. AREAS ACROSS ST BERNARD PARISH OUTSIDE THE LEVEE
SYSTEM ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODED ROADWAYS IN THE SHELL
BEACH...HOPEDALE AND YSCLOSKEY COMMUNITIES. AREAS BELOW THE
TERREBONNE PARISH FLOOD GATES ARE INUNDATING AT THIS TIME.
FLOODING WILL ALSO IMPACT BAYS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND
ALONG RIVERS AND BAYOUS INTO THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS
BASIN. FLOODING MAY BE MOST PRONOUNCED AT TIMES OF ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDE MID-DAY TODAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY.

...WINDS...

FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES...EAST WINDS 35 TO
45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH MAINLY IN SQUALLS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...SETTLING
TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FRIDAY. FOR AREAS NORTH
OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI GULF
COAST...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH MAINLY IN SQUALLS TODAY
...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...SETTLING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH FRIDAY.

TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES MAY IMPACT POWER LINES IN GUSTS DURING
SQUALLS. UNSECURED ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LIGHT LAWN FURNITURE MAY
BE MOVED BY HIGHER WINDS. SIGNAGE AND CANOPY COVERS MAY BE DAMAGED
WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. PERSONS IN TEMPORARY TRAILER HOMES MAY
WISH TO SEEK STRONGER SHELTER UNTIL THE STRONG WIND THREAT
DIMINISHES.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST FROM FAST MOVING OUTER BANDS TODAY AND FRIDAY.
LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...BUT
WIDESPREAD FRESHWATER FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME...BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF IKE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS THAT WILL BE MOVING
ONSHORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

...EVACUATIONS...

SEVERAL PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAVE REQUESTED EVACUATIONS
IN LOW LYING AREAS. PLEASE FOLLOW ADVISE OF LOCAL PARISH AND
COUNTY OFFICIALS REGARDING EVACUATION DECLARATIONS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 2 PM CDT.

$$

GMZ550-570-575-111900-
/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-
1057 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

.AT 10 AM CDT...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MORGAN
CITY LOUISIANA TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD
REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE FRIDAY.

AT 10 AM CDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN
CITY TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

AT 1000 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 470 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO...AND THE CENTER OF IKE SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE COAST BY LATE
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE
IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE
COASTLINE.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.

...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 REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL HURRICANE IKE MOVES ON
SHORE AND WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE!

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TODAY
AND CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS UNTIL LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY. TIDES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

EAST WINDS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SQUALL BANDS TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. ISOLATED TROPICAL TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN NEAR
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 2 PM CDT.

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