[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-060730-

TROPICAL STORM CINDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1230 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

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

...TROPICAL STORM SQUALLS...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AFFECTING
MUCH OF 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 MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING INCLUDES
LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT MIDNIGHT CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CINDY HAS
BEEN MOVING NORTH AROUND 13 MPH DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT.

...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 COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. 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 HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO
60 MPH. SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...LAKEFRONT AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND
GUSTS TO 63 MPH.

OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

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 HAS RESULTED IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS
AND TREES...AS WELL AS DOWNED 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.

...NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

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