[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...EDOUARD GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND CONTINUING TO
MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.4 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A TURN TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST IS EXPECT TO OCCUR TONIGHT...AND THE CENTER OF EDOUARD
SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY MIDDAY TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ALTHOUGH EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET TODAY...IT IS BECOMING
BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR HURRICANE
STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE COASTLINE DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND WERE RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR COCODRIE LOUISIANA.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.


LAZ059-065>069-050345-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
432 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED DURING DAY BUT HAS
BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE...LOWER JEFFERSON AND LOWER PLAQUEMINES
PARISHES

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.4 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A TURN TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST IS EXPECT TO OCCUR TONIGHT...AND THE CENTER OF EDOUARD
SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY MIDDAY TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ALTHOUGH EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET TODAY...IT IS BECOMING
BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR HURRICANE
STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE COASTLINE DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND WERE RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR COCODRIE LOUISIANA.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

...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 AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COAST.
TIDES WILL LIKELY REMAIN 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE
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 THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

...WINDS...
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 TO 45
MPH IN STRONG SQUALLS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. SEVERAL WEATHER OBSERVATION PLATFORMS IN TERREBONNE
BAY HAD WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...AROUND 40 MPH...AT
MID AFTERNOON. 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 THROUGH 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 730 PM CDT.


$$

GMZ550-570-050345-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-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-
432 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED DURING DAY BUT HAS
BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

..STORM INFORMATION...

AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.4 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A TURN TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST IS EXPECT TO OCCUR TONIGHT...AND THE CENTER OF EDOUARD
SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY MIDDAY TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ALTHOUGH EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET TODAY...IT IS BECOMING
BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR HURRICANE
STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE COASTLINE DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND WERE RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR COCODRIE LOUISIANA.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.
...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 730 PM CDT.

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