[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
7 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA
EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.

...AREAS AFFECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...
VERMILION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY...AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN PARISHES...

...WATCHES/WARNING...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD
TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INSIDE THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INSIDE THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE
WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE INSIDE THE
HURRICANE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL
CITY WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INSIDE THIS NEW
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...UPDATED
AT 7 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 250 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST, AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 160 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA
IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.

ALSO, THE HURRICANE CONTINUES TO GROW IN SIZE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
NOW EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER...WHILE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS NOW EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 908 MB...26.81 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDENESS ACTIONS...UPDATED
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE LANDFALL
OF A MAJOR HURRICANE MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS...HIGH STORM SURGE...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AT THIS
TIME EVACUATION ORDERS ARE NOT IN EFFECT.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL JUST EAST OF GRAND ISLE
LOUISIANA AS A MAJOR HURRICANE. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...A
STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST,
MAINLY IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT NORMAL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PREVAIL FOR TODAY ACROSS
THE WARNING AREAS...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH FOR THIS EVENING...
INCREASING TO 40 TO 60 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF MORGAN CITY ON MONDAY MORNING, WHILE
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE PRESENT BETWEEN CAMERON AND
MORGAN CITY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
BY MONDAY EVENING.

...RAINFALL...
HEAVY RAINS FROM KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE COASTAL PARISHES
OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS
FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA,
WHILE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF MONDAY EVENING.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10 AM...

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