[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLIX 051236
HLSLIX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EDUOARD LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
736 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

...EDOUARD MAKES LANDFALL ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...

.AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.2 WEST.  THIS
POSITION IS ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN HIGH
ISLAND AND SABINE PASS IN THE MCFADDIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...23 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEAKENING LATER TODAY AS IT
MOVES INLAND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.


GMZ550-570-051345-
/O.CAN.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-
736 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AT 7 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM EDUOARD WAS MAKING LANDFALL ON THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST IN THE MCFADDIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.2 WEST. EDOUARD WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
WERE 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE
TO IMPROVE STEADILY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE WESTWARD
AND WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT 10 AM CDT.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THE LAST UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM CDT.

$$

LAZ059-065>068-051545-
/O.CON.KLIX.TR.W.1005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-
736 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

AT 7 AM CDT...TROPICAL STORM EDUOARD WAS MAKING LANDFALL ON THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST IN THE MCFADDIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...NEAR
LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.2 WEST. EDOUARD WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
WERE 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

TIDES FROM GRAND ISLE WESTWARD TO THE LOWER ATCHFALAYA BASIN
REMAIN ABOUT ONE HALF FOOT TO ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL BUT WILL BE
DROPPING TO NORMAL LEVELS BY LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN THE WARNED AREA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE WESTWARD
AND WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT 10 AM CDT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE LAST UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM CDT.

$$

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