[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 091008
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-058-060>064-068>070-MSZ080>082-091600-

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

...A WEAKER DENNIS BACK OVER WATER...

...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GULF
COAST...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED 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...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER
EASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE HURRICANE WARNING INCLUDES
THE ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 74 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 24
HOURS.

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

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA GENERALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE PREPARATIONS
FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 74 MPH AND INCREASING
TIDES...DEVELOPING WITHIN 24 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 ON SUNDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST OR ABOUT 525 SOUTHEAST
OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST
NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH. DENNIS IS A
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  SOME RE-
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...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 WARNING 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 1030 AM CDT
THIS MORNING.

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