[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME 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 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTH OF BILOXI.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND GRADUALLY
WEAKEN TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE IMPACT OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING. CONDITIONS SHOULD
IMPROVE BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

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

TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS UP TO
5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL
ROADWAYS AND PROPERTY IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES...ALONG COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND AROUND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS....

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE MAINLY CONFINED TO COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH
LATE MORNING.

WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING...WITH
OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAINLY OVER COASTAL LOCATIONS
...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...AND EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS.

STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RESULTED IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS
AND TREES...AS WELL AS DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

...RAINFALL...

RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL AREAS
THIS MORNING.  A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI BUT WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
THIS AFTERNOON.

SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND THURSDAY AS
THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS IN EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
MONITOR RIVER LEVELS AND LATEST RIVER FORECASTS.

...TORNADOES...

AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST THIS MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

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

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