[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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Mon Aug 27 17:55:40 CDT 2012
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC GETTING STRONGER AND COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE SOON...
.NEW INFORMATION...
ISAAC GETTING STRONGER...
.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 HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WASHINGTON...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...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...PEARL
RIVER...HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON.
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
POINTE COUPEE...WEST FELICIANA...EAST FELICIANA...ST. HELENA...
IBERVILLE...WEST BATON ROUGE...EAST BATON ROUGE...WILKINSON...
AMITE...PIKE AND WALTHALL.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD
WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4N...LONGITUDE 86.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 350 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LA...OR ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
OF GULFPORT MS. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. MAXIMUM
WINDS WERE 70 MPH.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO MAKE
LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE NEAR THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TUESDAY NIGHT.
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.
FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE
PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS.
REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.
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 PM CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
MSZ080>082-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 65 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
85 MPH.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
WATERS UP TO 12 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 4 TO 7
FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN LOW LYING AREAS AND BAYS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
APPROACHES THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND.
$$
GMZ532-534-536-538-555-557-575-577-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MISSISSIPPI SOUND-LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS LATE TUESDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
LAST FOR MANY HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 65 TO
85 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 100 KNOTS. SEAS IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GULF WATERS AS TROPICAL
STORM ISAAC MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.
...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL
STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND.
$$
LAZ069-070-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
....WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO LAST FOR MANY HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
IN THE 60 TO 80 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 105 MPH.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
WATERS UP TO 11 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 7 TO 10
FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL MAINLY IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
APPROACHES THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND.
$$
GMZ530-550-552-570-572-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. SUSTAINED HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 60 TO 70 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
90 KNOTS. WAVE HEIGHTS OF UP TO 10 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
LAKE WITH SEAS IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OPEN GULF
WATERS.
...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATER SPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL
STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND.
$$
LAZ040-058>068-072-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ST. TAMMANY-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-
UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST MANY HOURS.
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 65 TO 80 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 100 MPH.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
WATERS UP TO 9 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE COAST AND TIDAL LAKES...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION
OF 6 TO 9 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN AREAS
OUTSIDE OF HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS
APPROACHING 20 INCHES. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF INLAND
FLOODING DUE TO THE HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
APPROACHES THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND.
$$
LAZ049-050-056-057-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING WITH HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
BE IN THE 60 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
WATERS UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE LAKES...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 2 TO
4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN LOW LYING AREAS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
ISAAC. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE
IS A LOW THREAT OF INLAND FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AT THIS
TIME.
$$
LAZ039-071-MSZ077-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-PEARL RIVER-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH.
...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF INLAND FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL AT THIS TIME.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
APPROACHES THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND.
$$
LAZ034>037-046>048-MSZ068>071-282300-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-IBERVILLE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
70 MPH.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THERE IS A LOW THREAT OF INLAND FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL AT THIS TIME.
$$
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