[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Mon Aug 4 19:28:54 CDT 2008

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

...EDOUARD MOVING ERRATICALLY WESTWARD...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
BRUSHING THE LOUISIANA COAST...

.AT 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 125
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. DURING THE
PAST FEW HOURS...THERE HAS BEEN SOME ERRATIC MOTION DUE TO
REFORMATION OF THE CENTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...IT 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.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

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UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
729 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS MOVING SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY WESTWARD.

...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 700 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 125 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.
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...THERE HAS BEEN SOME ERRATIC MOTION DUE
TO REFORMATION OF THE CENTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
EDOUARD HAS NOT STRENGTHENED THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...IT IS
IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT
REACHES THE TEXAS COASTLINE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

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

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH IN SQUALLS ALONG
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TIDES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING 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 THIS EVENING. SEVERAL WEATHER
OBSERVATION PLATFORMS IN TERREBONNE BAY HAD WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...AROUND 40 MPH...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE CAN DOWN POWER LINES...LARGE TREE LIMBS AND
SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER
LAFOURCHE...AND TERREBONNE PARISHES. 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 EVENING HOURS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT LOCAL ACTION STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 PM CDT.

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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-
729 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008