[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-300045-

HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
420 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...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

ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST BERNARD...ORLEANS...
JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINES...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.

IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA
BORDER. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA PARISHES. FOR
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT
NEWNPWLIX.

TORNADO WATCHES REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR COASTAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE
CANCELLED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
KATRINA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205
MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.


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

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL
EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHORT-TERM. RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY
BECOME A PROBLEM OVER THE AREA INTO THIS WEEK.

...WIND IMPACTS...
HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA PARISHES. FOR
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT
NEWNPWLIX.

...TORNADOES...
THE TORNADO THREAT WILL DIMINISH AS KATRINA DEPARTS.

...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 730 PM CDT.

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