[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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LAZ038-040-058-060>064-068>070-MSZ080>082-091800-

HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...DENNIS RE-STRENGTHENING...BACK TO CATEGORY TWO...

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS 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...
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 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.8 WEST OR ABOUT 480 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR
14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
BY EARLY TONIGHT.

A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATES THAT WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO
INCREASE AGAIN AND HAVE REACHED 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS
IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO 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 BY
SUNDAY MORNING.

...STORM SURGE...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...A 2 TO 4 FOOT STORM SURGE IS POSSIBLE
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY IF HURRICANE TAKES A
MORE WESTWARD TRACK LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA A 2 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED EAST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 1 TO 2 FOOT STORM COULD OCCUR IN LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DENNIS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN
SUNDAY MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY PRIMARILY ON
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL COULD OCCUR IN
JACKSON COUNTY IF HURRICANE DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL FURTHER TO THE
WEST.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1230 PM CDT
THIS MORNING.

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