[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 041843
HLSLIX

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

...OUTER RAIN BANDS OF EDOUARD AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE LOUISIANA
COAST...

.AT 100 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.0 WEST OR ABOUT 145
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF EDOUARD WILL BE
VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST OR THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING 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 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

LAZ059-065>069-051845-
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UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
143 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT COASTAL AREAS FROM TERREBONNE
PARISH TO LOWER PLAQUEMINES PARISH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 100 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.0 WEST OR ABOUT 145 SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF EDOUARD WILL BE
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
STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND EDOUARD
COULD BE NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE REACHING THE COASTLINE.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN SQUALLS ALONG
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TIDES CAN BE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST FROM TERREBONNE TO LOWER PLAQUEMINES PARISH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COAST.
TIDES MAY INCREASE TO 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATER TODAY AND
THIS EVENING AS ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY ALONG BAYOUS AND AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE
HURRICANE PROTECTIONS LEVEES...MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

...WINDS...

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 TO 45
MPH IN STRONG SQUALLS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. GUSTY WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE CAN DOWN POWER
LINES...LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES.

...INLAND FLOODING...

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS
MAY RESULT DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

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


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GMZ550-570-051845-
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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-
143 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
RAIN BANDS AND SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST OF THE MOUTH OF
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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

...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 THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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


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