[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
500 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF
   MEXICO...

...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE POSTED FOR THE LOUISIANA COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES...

TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE...LOWER JEFFERSON AND PLAQUEMINES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO SABINE PASS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 4 PM CDT...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.2
WEST OR ABOUT 435 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST 12 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE
NEXT 36 HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE. MEANWHILE...
CHECK ON PERSONAL AND FAMILY HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS KITS AND
SUPPLIES. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING COASTAL AREAS OUTSIDE HURRICEN PROTECTION LEVEES SHOULD REVIEW
PREPAREDNESS PROCEDURES AND BE READY TO SET INTO ACTION IF YOUR AREA
IS PLACED UNDER A WARNING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...

TIDES CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY REACH 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WATCH AREA.

...WIND IMPACTS....

IN 36 HOURS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO
A TROPICAL STORM...WITH WINDS NEAR 60 MPH AND GUSTY POSSIBLE IN THE
NEAR COASTAL WATERS AND ACROSS THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
PARISHES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND MAY REACH
THE COASTAL AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD INLAND.

...RAINFALL...

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.  A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 PM CDT MONDAY.

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