[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM CINDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
700 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...TROPICAL STORM CINDY MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF
COAST...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AREA IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI....

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

ASSUMPTION...ASCENSION...TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE...JEFFERSON...
ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE
BAPTIST...ST JAMES...LIVINGSTON...TANGIPAHOA...ST TAMMANY

AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...
HARRISON...HANCOCK...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
WEST TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
INCLUDES LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND THE CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
WINDS OF 39 MPH OR HIGHER AND INCREASING TIDES...ARE LIKELY WITHIN 24
HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CINDY WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 14 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER THAN 39 MPH...ARE
LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS OF
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR RISING
TIDES...INCREASING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING LATE TODAY
AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY.


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

TIDES CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AND
POSSIBLY REACH 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON IN THE WARNING AREA.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY FLOOD LOW LYING COASTAL ROADWAYS IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND AROUND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...WIND IMPACTS....

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM
CINDY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES AND
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD FARTHER INLAND DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

...RAINFALL...

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING.


...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 AM CDT TODAY.

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