[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 300114
HLSLIX
LAZ038>040-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-300301-

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

...NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHWARD INTO
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...LEAVING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING
ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI IN
HER WAKE...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO COASTAL ALABAMA...


...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 IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE AND
WALTHALL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA
AND WASHINGTON PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND HANCOCK...
HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER
TO THE PRODUCT NEWNPWLIX.

TORNADO WATCHES FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH...AND AN INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
KATRINA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING SUSTAINED AND FREQUENT
GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WELL AROUND THE STORMS CENTER.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL
CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM THROUGH THE EVENING. RIVER
FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEK.

...WIND IMPACTS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
KATRINA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING SUSTAINED AND FREQUENT
GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WELL OUT FROM THE CENTER IS
ALL DIRECTION.

...TORNADOES...
THE TORNADO THREAT WILL HAS DIMINISHED AS KATRINA CONTINUES
TO PUSH FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

...RAINFALL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE
RAINFALL HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED OR ENDED FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

THESE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POUR DRAINAGE
AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND THESE AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM CDT.

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DARBE

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