[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
230 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
INCLUDING THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...

...HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST IN THE
SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST
BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...
LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE
MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS
AREA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 100 PM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.4 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THE HURRICANE HAS SHOWN LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH DURING THE
PAST FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS AND KATRINA COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE.

HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING SLOWLY WEST NEAR 7 MPH WITH GRADUAL TURN
TO TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATION FOR THE
POTENTIAL LANDFALL OF A MAJOR HURRICANE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND
HIGH STORM SURGE.

RECOMMENDED AND MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MANY SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SHOULD FOLLOW EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
LOCAL PARISH OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
COAST AS A MAJOR HURRICANE. WHILE EXACT LOCATION LANDFALL IS
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE
UP TO 18 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE
LANDFALL AREA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH SHOULD CONTINUE OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND ARE LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL
SUNDAY EVENING AND THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND AREAS BY DAYBREAK
MONDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY MORNING.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS AND HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATRINA ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA UNTIL LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 PM.

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