[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM CINDY APPROACHING THE LOUISIANA COAST...

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

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

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH 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 MORGAN 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 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CINDY WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 6 HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER THAN 39 MPH...ARE
LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 12 HOURS. RESIDENTS IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS OF
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...SHOULD RUSH PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO COMPLETION.

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

TIDES CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL THIS EVENING AND
POSSIBLY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF TROPICAL STORM CINDYS PATH.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 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 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE
MAINLY TO THE EAST OF TROPICAL STORM CINDYS TRACK. 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.

...TORNADOES...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 730 PM CDT TODAY.

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