[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 160613
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LAZ038-040-046>050-056>070-MSZ080>082-161000-

HURRICANE IVAN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
107 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2004

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IVAN APPROACHING THE COAST...
...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
   INCLUDING THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA EXTENDING EAST
   ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...
...WINDS AND TIDES RAPIDLY INCREASING ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
   BUT LEVELING OFF ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

...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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI GULF
COAST AND ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST FROM GRAND ISLE EASTWARD
INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS
AREA AND THE CITIES OF BILOXI AND GULFPORT.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM
WEST OF GRAND ISLE WESTWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. THIS INCLUDES
THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA AND THE PARISHES AROUND LAKE MAUREPAS.

...STORM INFORMATION SUMMARY...
AT 100 AM CDT...HURRICANE IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 30.0 NORTH AND
87.8 WEST...VERY NEAR THE ALABAMA COASTLINE. IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTH AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
IVAN IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IVAN REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE.
IVAN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A MAJOR HURRICANE...AT LEAST A
CATEGORY THREE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVACUATIONS AND PREPARATIONS FOR A MAJOR HURRICANE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN HANCOCK AND
HARRISON COUNTIES IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. TIDES OF 7 FEET OR
HIGHER ARE EXPECTED IN JACKSON COUNTY WHICH IS CLOSER TO WHERE THE
EYE OF HURRICANE IVAN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT.

TIDES ARE RUNNING 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN LOWER PLAQUEMINES
PARISH EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ELSEWHERE EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STORM TIDES ARE 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN UPPER
PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD AND ORLEANS PARISHES.

STORM TIDE VALUES OF 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED IN LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN. WHILE STORM TIDE VALUES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE BAY SIDE OF GRAND ISLE AND LOWER LAFOURCHE
PARISH.

LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM SURGE.

...WIND IMPACTS....
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE OVER PARISHES ADJACENT TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. LAKEFRONT
AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 52 MPH SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. BILOXI REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 63 MPH AT 1 AM.
WINDS WILL REMAIN AT PEAK LEVELS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO
BEFORE DIMINISHING GRADUALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...WINDS IN EXCESS 74 MPH...WILL OVERSPREAD
JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS MAY
WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS OF HARRISON AND EASTERNMOST HANCOCK COUNTIES
AS WELL AS COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA GENERALLY SOUTHEAST AND EAST
OF THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA THROUGH PLAQUEMINES PARISH OVERNIGHT.
CONSIDERABLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
AND ELEVATED BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS.

...HEAVY RAINFALL...
RAINBANDS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI MAINLY EAST OF
GULFPORT. RIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY JACKSON COUNTY WITH
THE THREAT DIMINISHING GRADUALLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 AM THIS MORNING.

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