[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI....

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA BEGINS TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST IN
THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES

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

IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
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 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST OR ABOUT 360 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 AS
IT APPROACHES THE COASTAL REGIONS.

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
CONTINUE 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 MOST SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES. RESIDENTS SHOULD FOLLOW EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
LOCAL PARISH OFFICIALS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE 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. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO STORM SURGE FLOODING
SHOULD HEED EVACUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS

...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. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR HURRICANE ARE
LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY.

...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 1030 PM CDT.

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