[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 292010 CCA
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-300100-

HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
310 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

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

...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM
THE COAST...

...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN
PROGRESS AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...

...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.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM
THE COAST. HOWEVER...THIS PRODUCT WILL LIKELY BE REPLACED BY AN
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AFTER 4 PM CDT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AN
EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WILL
BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER CONTINUES MOVING
OVER LAND. SEE THE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING
PRODUCT BHMNPWLIX.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PRECAUTION AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST
CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES. IN THE NEW
ORLEANS AREA...THE WATERS WILL NOT SUBSIDE TODAY. WIDESPREAD
FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL EXACERBATE THE
PROBLEM IN THE SHORT-TERM.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...OCCASIONAL MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS FROM BETWEEN 60 TO 80 MPH
WILL OCCUR...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL ONE FINAL BACKSIDE RAINBAND EXITS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA LATER TODAY. STAY POSTED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS.

...RAINFALL...
THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL EAST OF KATRINA'S CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA...THE LINE
DELINEATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDS FROM POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI
SOUTH TO SLIDELL AND NEW ORLEANS AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO POYDRAS
LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
EAST OF THIS LINE AND EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA
BORDER. A GENERAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WEST OF THIS LINE.
ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA.
ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 600 PM CDT.

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