[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
534 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...HURRICANE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY EASTWARD TO
THE FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER...

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

...AREAS AFFECTED IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN
VERMILLION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY...AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN PARISHES...

...WATCHES/WARNING...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY EASTWARD TO
THE FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 TO 48 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA
IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPOSON SCALE.
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KATRINA
COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER
AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDENESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATION FOR THE
POTENTIAL LANDFALL OF A MAJOR HURRICANE MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF OF DAMAGING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...HIGH STORM SURGE
AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANFDALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST AS A MAJOR HURRICANE. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
TRACK...STORM SURGE OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
COAST IN THE WATCH AREA.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NO TORNADO THREAT AT THIS TIME...

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

...WIND IMPACTS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH SHOULD
CONTINUE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN INCREASE
SUNDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE
COASTAL PARISHES IN THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 8 PM...

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WILEY



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