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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
402 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...GUSTAV CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE LOUISIANA COAST...

.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD
MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS...
BUT GUSTAV COULD REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.

GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ153-166-167-010300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TI.A.0001.080902T0000Z-080903T0000Z/
LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
402 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

...NEW INFORMATION...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

           DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...BIENVILLE...
           LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...OUACHITA...CALDWELL...
           LA SALLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

           TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH
           FLASH FLOOD WATCH

...STORM INFORMATION...

.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD
MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS...
BUT GUSTAV COULD REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.

GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR
EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEGINNING
MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MUCH OF THE
DAY TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE MONDAY NIGHT
AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS WELL.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ASSUMING THAT THE REMNANTS
OF GUSTAV SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO THE REGION...WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES THROUGH LATE WEEK.

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM GUSTAV
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT WILL BE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
10 PM CDT.

$$

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-165-010300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.HU.S.0001.080831T2102Z-000000T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
402 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...NEW INFORMATION...

A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
           HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.

IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

           CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

           WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
           CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

           MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
           HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

           MCCURTAIN.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

           FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...STORM INFORMATION...

.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD
MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS...
BUT GUSTAV COULD REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.

GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

...WINDS...

FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ASSUMING THAT THE REMNANTS
OF GUSTAV SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO THE REGION...WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES THROUGH LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS WELL
AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM GUSTAV
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT WILL BE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
10 PM CDT.

$$

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