[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-281600-

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

...HURRICANE KATRINA NOW A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 160 MPH...

...DIRECT STRIKE OF CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE EXPECTED....

...RUSH PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO COMPLETION AND LEAVE AREA AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE...

...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 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.7 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-
NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
RUSH PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDFALL OF A CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE LATER
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH DAMAGING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND
HIGH STORM SURGE.

LEAVE NOW IF YOU CAN BEFORE WEATHER CONDITIONS WORSEN...

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 FLOOD 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. A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS
HIGH AS 25 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR
AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. RESIDENTS IN
AREAS PRONE TO STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD LEAVE NOW! HEED
EVACUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
SECONDARY ROADS OUTSIDE LEVEE PROTECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME
IMPASSABLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH SHOULD CONTINUE OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TODAY...THEN INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING 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...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 AM CDT.

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