[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1000 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD...

.AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.6 WEST OR
ABOUT 160 MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH. A TURN TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WHICH WOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF EDOUARD VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST OR THE COAST OF
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
EDOUARD COULD BE NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE REACHING THE
COASTLINE.

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

A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS.

EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES IN SOME LOUISIANA COASTAL PARISHES.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LAZ069-051500-
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LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
1000 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
LOWER PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES MAY OCCUR TODAY.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH TODAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...35 TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL AROUND 1 INCH WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING MAINLY OVER
SOUTHERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA LATER TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 130 PM CDT.

$$

LAZ059-065>068-051500-
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UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-
1000 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

TIDES WILL INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AS WINDS
BECOME MORE ONSHORE. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY ALONG BAYOUS AND AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE
PROTECTIONS LEVEES...MAY OCCUR TODAY.

...WINDS...

WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH LATER TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
ALONG THE COAST.

...INLAND FLOODING...

NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL AROUND 1 INCH WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING MAINLY OVER
SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISHES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 130 PM CDT.

$$

GMZ550-570-051500-
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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-
1000 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TODAY.
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET...MAINLY IN THE OUTER WATERS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

...WINDS...

WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET...MAINLY IN THE OUTER WATERS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS TODAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 130 PM CDT.

$$



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