[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN
GULF OF MEXICO COAST WITH 145 MPH WINDS...

...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RUSH PREPARATIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY TO COMPLETION...

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

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

AND FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

HARRISON...HANCOCK...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

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

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL
RIVER TO EAST OF MORGAN CITY...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 NEXT 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 DURING THE DAY.

EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. RESIDENTS IN COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD ADHERE TO ANY EVACUATION ORDERS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS
RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 145 MPH. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY
FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN
STRENGTH ARE LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...40 TO 60
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL SPREAD OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES
THIS MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN JACKSON COUNTY.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
ARE LIKELY OVER THE AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF POWERFUL HURRICANE DENNIS MOVES BY THE AREA.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN
TREE BRANCHES...RESULTING IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND POWER OUTAGES.
DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR
OVER WATER CROSSINGS DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

...STORM SURGE...
FOR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...HURRICANE DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ASHORE AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE WITH A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE. A
STORM SURGE POTENTIAL OF 14 TO 19 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL IS
LIKELY NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE HURRICANE DENNIS MAKES LANDFALL.
RESIDENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...AND PARTICULARLY HARRISON AND
JACKSON COUNTIES...SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY VIGILANT FOR THIS EXTREME
STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...A 2 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED EAST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND A 1 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE COULD OCCUR
IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS OUTSIDE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES IS POSSIBLE OVER AREAS EAST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS AROUND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

...RAINFALL...
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE DENNIS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN
THIS MORNING...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST. LESSER RAIN AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN PORTION.

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN EXTENDED
WEST TO JUST EAST OF MORGAN CITY. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
NOW EXTENDS FROM MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO EAST OF MORGAN CITY...
INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 630 AM CDT.

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