[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 272200
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LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-280100-

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

...HURRICANE WATCH EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...

...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.

IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO
NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. HURRICANE WARNINGS WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF HURRICANE WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT
OR SUNDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 380 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 AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
MAKE PREPARATIONS 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 AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES. 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 WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL AREAS
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.

...NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 730 PM CDT.

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