[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KJAN 300018
HLSJAN
MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-300500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
715 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...KATRINA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...
...FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS STILL PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT THREAT...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS...FRANKLIN...
JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...WARREN...HINDS...RANKIN...SMITH...JASPER...
CLARKE...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...YAZOO...LEAKE...
NESHOBA...KEMPER...HOLMES...ATTALLA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...LEFLORE...
CARROLL...GRENADA...MONTGOMERY...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES...
WEBSTER...AND CLAY COUNTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30
MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ACCELERATING THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE
CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHILE THE STORM HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM...IT STILL PRESENTS
A STRONG WIND THREAT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER WIND GUSTS...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS
THAT SEE HEAVY RAIN BANDS. AREAS LIKELY TO SEE THESE HIGHER GUSTS
ARE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS
MERIDIAN...STARKVILLE...AND COLUMBUS.

THIS IS STILL A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE
IT LIGHTLY! PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH REGARD TO EVACUATIONS AND
PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
KATRINA HAS ALREADY DONE SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG THE
HIGHWAYS 84 AND 98 CORRIDOR AND REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE
DAMAGE ARE WIDESPREAD. IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...WINDS OF
45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY STILL OCCUR. WIND
DAMAGE COULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES POSSIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
GREATER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR IN THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF
THE TRACK. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING
OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE
MINIMAL TO MODERATE. THE RIVER FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO
THE PEARL AND PASCAGOULA BASINS AT THIS TIME. AS OF 730
PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON EAST OF
INTERSTATE 55.

...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...AND THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS LONG AS THE
CENTER OF THE STORM REMAINS IN THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT CDT.

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