[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM CINDY APPROACHING SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...

...TROPICAL STORM SQUALLS IMPACTING THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COAST...

...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 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE.

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. SOME SLIGHT
STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL LANDFALL LATER TONIGHT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER THAN 39 MPH...WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT. RESIDENTS IN THE
WARNING AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS OF COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE IMPACT
OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING.

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

TIDES ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST LOCATIONS
EARLY THIS EVENING. TIDES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LATER
THIS EVENING HOURS...REACHING  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
AND PROPERTY IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...ALONG COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND AROUND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

...WIND IMPACTS....

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...ARE CURRENTLY
AFFECTING THE COAST FROM LOWER LAFOURCHE PARISH THROUGH LOWER
PLAQUEMINE PARISH. AT THE EAST END OF GRAND ISLE...THE NOAA AUTOMATED
STATION HAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH AT 700
PM.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND
OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE GREATER METRO NEW ORLEANS
AREA...DURING THE EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE INTO
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER RAINBANDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG
IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS.

STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME TREE LIMBS TO BREAK...
WHICH MAY DOWN POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

...RAINFALL...

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE
MAINLY TO THE EAST OF TROPICAL STORM CINDYS TRACK....ESPECIALLY OVER
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. 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.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS
THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

...TORNADOES...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.
THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.

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