[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
10 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ALONG THE LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA COASTLINES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL SECTIONS AS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA PUSHES FURTHER INLAND
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON.

IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
PIKE...WALTHAM...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD ACROSS
COASTAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22
MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON TUESDAY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
ALTHOUGH THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR KATRINA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...COASTAL FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD PERSIST
ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON
COUNTIES THROUGH THE NIGHT DUE TO CONTINUED MODERATE TO STRONG
ONSHORE WINDS AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE OCCURRING ONCE AGAIN AROUND
SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR
THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS
THE AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG WITH
SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

...TORNADOES...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH
FURTHER TO THE NORTH. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

...RAINFALL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE
RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED IN REFERENCE TO
TROPICAL STORM KATRINA.

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DARBE

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