[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE DENNIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
235 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE DENNIS ABOUT TO MOVE ONSHORE...

...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 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 NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD COMPLETE PREPARATIONS
FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER AT THIS TIME.

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.

IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...RESIDENTS SHOULD COMPLETE
PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AT THIS TIME AND SEEK
SHELTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS
RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.0 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA. DENNIS IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 17 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 120 MPH. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. DENNIS IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AT 2 PM AUTOMATED WEATHER PLATFORM AT DAUPHIN ISLAND REPORTED NORTH
WINDS 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 62 MPH. FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...50 TO 60 WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE ONLY A
COUPLE COUPLE FEW HOURS AWAY FROM ONSET ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS...74 MPH OR GREATER...ARE POSSIBLE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...
ESPECIALLY JACKSON COUNTY.

FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AT 2 PM AT BURAS WINDS WERE NORTH 32 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 37 MPH.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF POWERFUL HURRICANE DENNIS
MOVES BY THE AREA.

...STORM SURGE...
FOR COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...HURRICANE DENNIS WILL BE MOVING ASHORE NEAR
PENSACOLA AS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW WHICH WILL PUSH WATER AWAY FROM THE COAST AND LIMIT
STORM SURGE VALUES.

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 LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTER DENNIS MAKES
LANDFALL AND WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST. 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. WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS COULD PUSH 1 TO 2 FEET OF STORM SURGE FROM BARATARIA BAY ONTO
GRAND ISLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.


...RAINFALL...
RADAR SHOWS SQUALLS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH ALABAMA MOVING WEST
TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THESE SQUALLS WILL MOVE WEST INTO
THE EXTREME EASTERN PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THESE SQUALLS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND
INTENSE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. SOMEWHAT LESSER RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10
INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...ESPECIALLY IN
JACKSON COUNTY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 430 PM CDT.

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