[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
615 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...DENNIS NOW DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE...

...DENNIS COULD BE A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AT LANDFALL...

...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 OF
WINDS 39 TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA 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 6 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTHWEST
NEAR 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHWEST IS
EXPECTED BY TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH. DENNIS IS CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT AND DENNIS COULD BECOME A CATEGORY 4 PRIOR
TO LANDFALL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS...50 TO 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH...WILL SPREAD OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
EVENING IN JACKSON AND HARRISON COUNTY.

ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF
45 TO 55 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 70 MPH COULD OCCUR ON THE
WESTERN PERIPHERY OF HURRICANE DENNIS 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. SOME FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS OUTSIDE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES IS POSSIBLE.

...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 930 PM CDT

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