[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 060341
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-060645-

TROPICAL STORM CINDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...TROPICAL STORM CINDY MAINTAINS STRENGTH...AND MOVING ONSHORE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...

...TROPICAL STORM SQUALLS AFFECTING MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND HEADING TOWARD 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 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 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CINDY WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 6 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER THAN 39 MPH...WILL
AFFECT MUCH OF 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 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST. TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TONIGHT
...REACHING 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF TROPICAL STORM CINDYS PATH. STORM SURGE
FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY AFFECT BARATARIA BAY AND SURROUNDING
DRAINAGES AS WINDS BECOME SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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 ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND NEW ORLEANS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
TO THE COAST. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR THE COAST AND
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI COASTAL AREAS BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE NIGHT...WITH 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS LIKELY IN MOST
AREAS.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH IN THE STRONGER
RAINBANDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA 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 ARE 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.

...NEW INFORMATION...
AS TROPICAL CINDY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE WILL BE ISSUING SHORT TERM FORECASTS (NEWNOWLIX).
THIS PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN ADDITIONAL DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE
AFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

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