[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
744 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

...BONNIE COULD DEGENERATE INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...
...WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TANGIPAHOA...ST.
TAMMANY...ASSUMPTION...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 AND JACKSON.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6N...LONGITUDE 86.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT
300 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LA...OR ABOUT 260 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE LA. STORM MOTION WAS WEST NORTHWEST
AT 18 MPH. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAD LOWERED TO 30 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE IS NOT LIKELY TO STRENGTHEN INTO A
TROPICAL STORM...HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH WITH BANDS OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.
BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND
REACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED UNTIL WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES ARE DISCONTINUED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM
INFORMATION...STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS DUE TO STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...PLEASE
REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS
FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS AROUND 11 AM CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-251245-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
744 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNINGS WILL
LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED UNTIL WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES ARE DISCONTINUED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM
INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS
IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE APPROACHES...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN SQUALLS. SEAS COULD
BUILD TO 8 FEET.

...WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY LATE TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

$$

LAZ038-040-062>064-066>070-MSZ080>082-251200-
/O.CON.KLIX.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100725T1200Z/
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-JACKSON-
744 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ARE LIKELY
TO BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NO ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE APPROACHES...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN BANDS OF STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL. TIDES MAY RISE TO ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS VERY LOW...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED BRIEF
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

$$

LAZ056-058>061-065-251200-
/O.CON.KLIX.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100725T1200Z/
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ASSUMPTION-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER TERREBONNE-
744 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ARE LIKELY
TO BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NO ADDITIONAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED.

&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE APPROACHES...WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN STRONGER BANDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL. TIDES ALONG THE COAST AND NEAR THE LAKESHORE OF
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN MAY RISE TO ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

...TORNADOES...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS VERY LOW...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED BRIEF
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

$$

22/TD




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