[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...AIR FORCE PLANE FINDS A WEAKER DENNIS...EXPECTED TO
RE-STRENGTHEN...

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST...

...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
PEARL RIVER TO GRAND ISLE...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES...

JEFFERSON...ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD...ST CHARLES...
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST TAMMANY...AND TANGIPAHOA

AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...
HARRISON...HANCOCK...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER
EASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE HURRICANE WATCH
INCLUDES THE ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 74 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36
HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR
HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 74 MPH AND INCREASING
TIDES...DEVELOPING WITHIN 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST PRONE TO
STORM SURGE FLOODING...SHOULD FOLLOW ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND BE
PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF REQUESTED.

IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.6 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THIS MOTION SHOULD MOVE DENNIS AWAY FROM CUBA AND BRING THE CENTER
TO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY.

DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT DENNIS WEAKENED WHILE
MOVING OVER CUBA AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR
100 MPH...155 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. HOWEVER...DENNIS IS EXPECTED
TO RE-INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT MOVES OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.

...WIND IMPACTS....
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS...39 MPH OR HIGHER...WILL SPREAD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
COUNTIES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...74 MPH OR
GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING.

ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON
THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF HURRICANE DENNIS MAY IMPACT THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

...STORM SURGE...
BECAUSE HURRICANE DENNIS IS FORECAST TO BE A MAJOR HURRICANE AT
LANDFALL...DAMAGING STORM SURGE IS LIKELY NEAR AND TO THE
EAST OF WHERE DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT OF STORM
SURGE IN THE HURRICANE WATCH AREA OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST EASTWARD
ACROSS THE ALABAMA COAST AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DENNIS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN
SUNDAY MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT...PRIMARILY ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 500 AM CDT
THIS MORNING.

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