[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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LAZ038-040-046>050-056>070-MSZ080>082-141500-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
500 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...HURRICANE WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.....
...DANGEROUS HURRICANE IVAN IN THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...
EAST BATON ROUGE...IBERVILLE...JEFFERSON...LAFOURCHE...LIVINGSTON...
ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD...ST CHARLES...ST JAMES...ST JOHN
THE BAPTIST...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...TERREBONNE...WEST BATON
ROUGE.

AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...HANCOCK...HARRISON...
JACKSON.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO ST MARKS FLORIDA. THIS
INCLUDES THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA AND PARISHES
BOARDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS.

...STORM INFORMATION SUMMARY...
AT 4 AM CDT...HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 22.6 NORTH AND 86.0
WEST...OR ABOUT 575 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST OR 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA. IVAN
IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES AN HOUR. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE 160 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERAL PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAVE ISSUED VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION ORDERS INCLUDING ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON. ST BERNARD HAS
ISSUED A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDER FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 36
HOURS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW
EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN BY LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.

IVAN IS A VERY LARGE...DANGEROUS HURRICANE. ALTHOUGH IVAN IS EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN BEFORE LANDFALL...PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM A POTENTIAL STRIKE OF A MAJOR
HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY NEAR 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. DUE TO THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE
IVAN...TIDES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY.
EXTREME STORM SURGE VALUES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE
POSSIBLE IF IVANS TRACK SHIFTS WEST TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST
OR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THE ORLEANS AND LAKE BORGNE LEVEE DISTRICTS HAS CLOSED THE FLOOD
GATES AT BAYOU BIENVENUE AND BAYOU DUPREE.

...WIND IMPACTS....
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL
AREAS TODAY. TROPICAL STORM WINDS...WINDS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER...WILL
SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL AREAS MID DAY WEDNESDAY...THEN SPREAD INLAND.
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF HURRICANE IVAN...HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS MAY SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 1000 AM TODAY.

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