[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD SPECIAL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
535 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

...TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORMS IN NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...

AT 500 PM CDT...2200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 95
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TROPICAL
STORM EDOUARD IS EXPECTED MOVE ON WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST COURSE
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS COURSE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE
WILL MOVE PARALLEL TO THE LOUISIANA COAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND
APPROACH THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND EDOUARD COULD BE NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE
LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES ALONG THE THE LOUISIANA COAST WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES. ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST...TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.

LAZ069-040445-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TR.W.1005.080803T2235Z-000000T0000Z/
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
535 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORMS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE
TAKEN BY PERSONS IN LOWER PLAQUEMEINES LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI
RIVER WEST TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST BANK OF
PLAQUEMINES PARISH.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 500 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD IS EXPECTED MOVE ON WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST COURSE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS COURSE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL
MOVE PARALLEL TO THE LOUISIANA COAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND
APPROACH THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ON TUESDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

...WINDS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...35 TO 45 MPH LATER TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 800 PM CDT.

$$

LAZ059-065>068-040445-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TR.W.1005.080803T2235Z-000000T0000Z/
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-
535 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORMS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LATE THIS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN LAFOURCHE
...TERREBONNE AND LOWER JEFFERSON PARISH. SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY.

..STORM INFORMATION...

AT 500 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS MOVING WEST AT 6 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON WEST
OR WEST- NORTHWEST COURSE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS
COURSE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL MOVE PARALLEL TO THE LOUISIANA
COAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND APPROACH THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ON
TUESDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES WILL INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING AS WINDS BECOME MORE ONSHORE.

...WINDS...
TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 800 PM CDT.



$$

GMZ550-570-575-040445-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TR.W.0001.080803T2235Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
535 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORMS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LATE
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 500 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS MOVING WEST AT 6 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON WEST
OR WEST NORTHWEST COURSE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS
COURSE THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL MOVE PARALLEL TO THE LOUISIANA
COAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND APPROACH THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ON
TUESDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOP TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES WILL INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND MONDAY
AS THE WINDS BECOME ONSHORE.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50
KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 800 PM CDT.

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