[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-280900-

HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
130 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER....

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING WEST NORTHWEST IN THE 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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE
ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS
AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.8 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THE HURRICANE HAS INCREASED IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH AND
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
CONTINUE PREPARATIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL LANDFALL OF A MAJOR
HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT 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
15 TO 20 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 TODAY...THEN INCREASE TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL AREAS THIS 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 LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 AM CDT.

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