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by The Wall Street Journal National Weather
Service Statements Also, see the National Weather Service flood statements and flash flood warnings issued after the storm passed. HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 240 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SPREADING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... ...TIDES RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD... TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AS THE HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED 160 MPH WINDS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 12 MPH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. FOLLOW LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS RECOMMENDATIONS. WITH THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK REFUGE OF LAST RESORT IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE EXACT LANDFALL OF LANDFALL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 28 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING...WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE TIDAL LAKES OF PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS INUNDATING LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING THE LAKES. TIDES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST... THREE TO FIVE FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH SOME LOCATIONS NEAR SEVEN FEET ABOVE NORMAL. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ALONG THE COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS EVOLVED INTO A LARGE HURRICANE WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING AROUND 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE SPREADING INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME AND WILL MOVE INTO NEW ORLEANS AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND BECOME WIDESPREAD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. KATRINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE AS A CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE HURRICANE...SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. WINDS ASSOCIATED CATEGORY 4 AND CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 240 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SPREADING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... ...TIDES RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AS THE HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED 160 MPH WINDS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 12 MPH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. FOLLOW LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS RECOMMENDATIONS. WITH THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK REFUGE OF LAST RESORT IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE EXACT LANDFALL OF LANDFALL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 28 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING...WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE TIDAL LAKES OF PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS INUNDATING LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING THE LAKES. TIDES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST... THREE TO FIVE FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH SOME LOCATIONS NEAR SEVEN FEET ABOVE NORMAL. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ALONG THE COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS EVOLVED INTO A LARGE HURRICANE WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING AROUND 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE SPREADING INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME AND WILL MOVE INTO NEW ORLEANS AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND BECOME WIDESPREAD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. KATRINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE AS A CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE HURRICANE...SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. WINDS ASSOCIATED CATEGORY 4 AND CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 445 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...WIND GUSTS OVER 100 MPH AT GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST THIS MORNING... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...AND ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BILOXI. KATRINA IS MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 150 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AS THE HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS. WITH THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS...PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK REFUGE OF LAST RESORT IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE EXACT LANDFALL LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 28 FEET...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING...WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE TIDAL LAKES OF PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS INUNDATING LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING THE LAKES. TIDES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST... FIVE TO SEVEN FEET ABOVE NORMAL. SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING ALONG THE COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS EVOLVED INTO A LARGE HURRICANE WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING AROUND 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE SPREADING INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME AND WILL MOVE INTO NEW ORLEANS AREA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND BECOME WIDESPREAD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AROUND 400 AM THIS MORNING WIND GUSTS AROUND 102 MPH AT GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH CATEGORY 4 HURRICANES CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAN CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. ___________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE PREPARING TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THEN HEADING TOWARD COASTAL MISSISSIPPI... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS LOCATION WAS ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS OR ABOUT 95 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BILOXI. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 145 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AS THE HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS...PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK REFUGE OF LAST RESORT IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST AS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 28 FEET...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL ALSO DEVELOP ALONG LOW LYING AREAS SURROUNDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...WITH SEVERE INUNDATION LIKELY. TIDES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...WITH HIGHEST VALUES ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MISSISSIPPI COAST...AND ALONG THE SHORE LINE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS EVOLVED INTO A LARGE HURRICANE WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING AROUND 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SPREADING INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. POWER OUTAGES WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUST OF 96 MPH WAS RECORDED AT BELLE CHASE NAVAL AIR STATION. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH CATEGORY 4 HURRICANES CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAN CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 900 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA DIRECT HIT FOR NEW ORLEANS AND MISSISSIPPI COAST... ...LEVEES OVERTOPPED IN ORLEANS AND ST BERNARD PARISHES... ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE MOVING ACROSS NEW ORLEANS AND MISSISSIPPI COAST... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COAST AT THIS TIME. ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 800 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS LOCATION WAS ABOUT EASTERN ST BERNARD AND ORLEANS PARISHES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS...PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN IN LAST RESORT REFUGES IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... KATRINA MAKING LANDFALL IN EASTERN NEW ORLEANS AND MISSISSIPPI COAST AREA THIS MORNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS OCCURRING. LEVEES HAVE BEEN OVERTOPPED IN ORLEANS AND ST BERNARD PARISHES. IN ADDITION DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE OCCURRING ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE NEAR THE COAST. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION... SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING IS PROBABLY OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST ST TAMMANY PARISH AND IN HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. IN ADDITION...A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES. TIDES ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...WITH HIGHEST VALUES ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MISSISSIPPI COAST...AND ALONG THE SHORE LINE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS EVOLVED INTO A LARGE HURRICANE WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTENDING AROUND 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SPREADING INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. POWER OUTAGES WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUST OF 100 MPH WAS REPORTED BY THE GULFPORT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. BELLE CHASSE NAVAL AIR STATION HAD A WIND GUST OF 105 EARLIER THIS MORNING. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG CATEGORY 3 HURRICANES CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1052 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA BATTERS NEW ORLEANS...SOME LEVEES TOPPED...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS OCCURRING... ...KATRINA MAKING SECOND LANDFALL ON MISSISSIPPI COAST....PRODUCING EXTREME DAMAGE... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS AT THIS TIME...INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ...STORM INFORMATION... AROUND 1030 AM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS CENTERED OVER HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH LOUISIANA...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AROUND 17 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE...AFTER STRIKING THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST NEAR GRAND ISLE AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE EARLIER THIS MORNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS...PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN IN LAST RESORT REFUGES IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... KATRINA IS MAKING A SECOND LANDFALL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI-LOUISIANA BORDER NORTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...GENERALLY OVER HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH LOUISIANA. A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE ESTIMATED AROUND 20 FEET HAS OCCURRED WITH KATRINA...CAUSING LEVEES TO BE OVERTOPPED IN ORLEANS AND ST BERNARD PARISHES. IN ADDITION DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE OCCURRING ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE NEAR THE COAST. SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST OVER HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DUE TO THE WIND AND STORM SURGE IS OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. IN ADDITION...A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH WINDS OVER 100 MPH STILL OCCURRING NEAR THE COAST. POWER OUTAGES ARE OCCURRING...AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG CATEGORY 3 HURRICANES CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 100 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA BATTERS NEW ORLEANS...SOME LEVEES TOPPED...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS OCCURRING... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS AT THIS TIME...INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ...STORM INFORMATION... AROUND 1245 PM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS CENTERED OVER AND WAS MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE 55...AND WAS MOVING NORTH NEAR 21 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER LAND. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 940 MB...27.76 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH THE ONSET OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SQUALLS...PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN IN LAST RESORT REFUGES IN STRONG...WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME INUNDATED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... AS KATRINA DEPARTS...COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...FOR THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...WATERS WILL NOT SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED. A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST CHARLES ...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. HURRICANE FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PERSISTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 100 AND 125 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI DUE TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. TORNADOES ARE LIKELY AROUND KATRINA'S EYEWALL. ...RAINFALL... RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED OVER HARRISON COUNTY INTO STONE AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BATON ROUGE TO LUMBERTON. WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF MAJOR FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NEW ORLEANS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE AS KATRINA DEPARTS. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 305 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST... ...EXTENSIVE AND
LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS AT THIS
TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. HOWEVER...THIS PRODUCT WILL LIKELY BE REPLACED BY AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AFTER 4 PM CDT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER CONTINUES MOVING OVER LAND. SEE THE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING PRODUCT BHMNPWLIX. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PRECAUTION AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES. IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...THE WATERS WILL NOT SUBSIDE TODAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHORT-TERM. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...OCCASIONAL MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS FROM BETWEEN 60 TO 80 MPH WILL OCCUR...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ONE FINAL BACKSIDE RAINBAND EXITS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER TODAY. STAY POSTED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS. ...RAINFALL... THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL EAST OF KATRINA'S CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA...THE LINE DELINEATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDS FROM POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTH TO SLIDELL AND NEW ORLEANS AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO POYDRAS LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EAST OF THIS LINE AND EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER. A GENERAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WEST OF THIS LINE. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA
LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME... 310 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES... ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE... LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. HOWEVER...THIS PRODUCT WILL LIKELY BE REPLACED BY AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AFTER 4 PM CDT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER CONTINUES MOVING OVER LAND. SEE THE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING PRODUCT BHMNPWLIX. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PRECAUTION AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES. IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...THE WATERS WILL NOT SUBSIDE TODAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHORT-TERM. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...OCCASIONAL MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS FROM BETWEEN 60 TO 80 MPH WILL OCCUR...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ONE FINAL BACKSIDE RAINBAND EXITS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER TODAY. STAY POSTED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS. ...RAINFALL... THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL EAST OF KATRINA'S CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA...THE LINE DELINEATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDS FROM POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTH TO SLIDELL AND NEW ORLEANS AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO POYDRAS LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EAST OF THIS LINE AND EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER. A GENERAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WEST OF THIS LINE. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. ___________________________________________________ HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 420 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER.... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST BERNARD...ORLEANS... JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINES...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA PARISHES. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT NEWNPWLIX. TORNADO WATCHES REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT FOR COASTAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PRECAUTION AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM IN THE SHORT-TERM. RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY BECOME A PROBLEM OVER THE AREA INTO THIS WEEK. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA PARISHES. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT NEWNPWLIX. ...TORNADOES... THE TORNADO THREAT WILL DIMINISH AS KATRINA DEPARTS. ...RAINFALL... THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL EAST OF KATRINA'S CENTER. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOBILE ALABAMA...THE LINE DELINEATING THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDS FROM POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTH TO SLIDELL AND NEW ORLEANS AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO POYDRAS LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EAST OF THIS LINE AND EXTENDS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER. A GENERAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WEST OF THIS LINE. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. ____________________________________________________ HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 813 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...LEAVING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI IN HER WAKE... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO COASTAL ALABAMA... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST BERNARD...ORLEANS... JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINES...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING. ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND HANCOCK... HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT NEWNPWLIX. TORNADO WATCHES FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH...AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING SUSTAINED AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WELL AROUND THE STORMS CENTER. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM THROUGH THE EVENING. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK. ...WIND IMPACTS... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING SUSTAINED AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WELL OUT FROM THE CENTER IS ALL DIRECTION. ...TORNADOES... THE TORNADO THREAT WILL HAS DIMINISHED AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FURTHER TO THE NORTH. ...RAINFALL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE RAINFALL HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED OR ENDED FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THESE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND THESE AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ____________________________________________________ TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 10 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ALONG THE LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTLINES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... ...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL SECTIONS AS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA PUSHES FURTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES PIKE...WALTHAM...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON TUESDAY. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ALTHOUGH THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR KATRINA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...COASTAL FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH THE NIGHT DUE TO CONTINUED MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE OCCURRING ONCE AGAIN AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH TONIGHT. ...WIND IMPACTS... AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG WITH SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. ...TORNADOES... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FURTHER TO THE NORTH. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...RAINFALL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED IN REFERENCE TO TROPICAL STORM KATRINA. ____________________________________________________ Flood Statements (FLS) issued during the flooding. FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 435 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...SERIOUS HISTORIC FLOODING WORSENING IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE WATER LEVELS ARE GRADUALLY RISING IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THE SITUATION RELATING TO THE LEVEE AND PUMP FAILURES IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA INDICATES WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE IN SEVERAL AREAS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PERSONS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA TO FOLLOW THE OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL OFFICIALS REGARDING THIS UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION. JUST BECAUSE YOUR LOCATION IS DRY AT THIS TIME DOES NOT MEAN THAT WILL NECESSARILY BE THE CASE SEVERAL HOURS FROM NOW. IF YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE BY CITY AUTHORITIES...PLEASE HEED THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO AVOID FLOOD WATERS...AS THEY CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH RAW SEWAGE AND SUBMERGED HAZARDOUS DEBRIS. BE VERY AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL OF UNSEEN HAZARDS UNDER THE WATER...INCLUDING OPEN MANHOLES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TUNE TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. MANY LOCAL RADIO STATIONS CONTINUE TO BROADCAST THE LATEST OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. ____________________________________________________ FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 115 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... WATER LEVELS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CONTINUE TO RISE. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THIS AFTERNOON. AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE FOR STRANDED VICTIMS...THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS SO THAT YOU DO NOT HINDER SUCH EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO! IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT GO THERE. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE AFOREMENTIONED RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE ON HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST OF THIS FLOODING AND YOU HAPPEN TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER MEANS...DO NOT ASSUME THE WATER LEVEL WILL NOT CONTINUE TO RISE OVER YOUR LOCATION. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FINALLY...AND IF YOU IN THE MIDST OF THE FLOODING IN PROGRESS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS SHARP OBJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THE WATER SURFACE AND/OR HOLES THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO SUDDENLY BE OVER YOUR HEAD. IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID THE CONTACT OF CUTS AND SCRAPES ON YOUR BODY TO THE FLOOD WATERS. ____________________________________________________ FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1250 AM CDT THU SEP 01 2005 ...WATER LEVELS IN NEW ORLEANS HAVE REPORTEDLY CRESTED... REPORTS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS IN NEW ORLEANS INDICATE THE WATER HAS LEVELED OUT AND CRESTED. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE AREAS ALREADY FLOODED. REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THE CITY HAS BEEN FLOODED. AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE FOR STRANDED VICTIMS...THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS SO THAT YOU DO NOT HINDER SUCH EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO! IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT GO THERE. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE AFOREMENTIONED RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE ON HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST OF THIS FLOODING AND YOU HAPPEN TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER MEANS...CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND AWAIT ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. HEED THEIR ADVICE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AROUND YOU FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNS OF WATER RISES...JUST IN CASE. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FINALLY...THOSE WHO ARE STRANDED IN FLOODED AREAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS OBJECTS UNDER THE WATER SURFACE AS WELL AS OPEN MANHOLES. IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID THE CONTACT OF CUTS AND SCRAPES ON YOUR BODY TO THE FLOOD WATERS. ____________________________________________________ FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 635 AM CDT THU SEP 01 2005 ...WATER LEVELS IN NEW ORLEANS HAVE REPORTEDLY CRESTED... ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE... INDICATIONS ARE THAT WATER LEVELS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ARE NO LONGER RISING. HOWEVER...THE WATERS ARE NOT RECEDING...AND SIGNIFICANT TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING CONTINUES OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE...THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS SO THAT YOU DO NOT HINDER SUCH EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO! IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO THERE. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE ON HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST OF THIS FLOODING AND YOU HAPPEN TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER MEANS...CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND AWAIT ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. HEED THEIR ADVICE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AROUND YOU FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNS OF WATER RISES...JUST IN CASE. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FINALLY...THOSE WHO ARE STRANDED IN FLOODED AREAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS OBJECTS UNDER THE WATER SURFACE AS WELL AS OPEN MANHOLES. IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID THE CONTACT OF CUTS AND SCRAPES ON YOUR BODY TO THE FLOOD WATERS. ____________________________________________________ FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL 750 PM CDT THU SEP 01 2005 ...WATER LEVELS IN NEW ORLEANS HAVE STABILIZED... ...UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE... REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS CONTINUE INDICATE THE WATER LEVELS IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA ARE NO LONGER RISING. HOWEVER...THE WATERS ARE NOT RECEDING...AND SIGNIFICANT TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING CONTINUES OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH...AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2 INCHES...OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY OVER THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. SOME RELIEF IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS CONCERNED...THE EXISTING FLOODING CONDITION SHOULD NOT BE AGGRAVATED BY THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION. THIS SHOULD ALSO AID SOME IN THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS ON FRIDAY...AS VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN VERY GOOD AND THE RISK OF LIGHTNING WILL BE LOW. AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE...THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS SO THAT YOU DO NOT HINDER SUCH EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO! IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO THERE. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE ON HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST OF THIS FLOODING AND HAPPEN TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER MEANS...CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND AWAIT ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. HEED THEIR ADVICE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AROUND YOU FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNS OF WATER RISES...JUST IN CASE. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FINALLY...THOSE WHO ARE STRANDED IN FLOODED AREAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS OBJECTS UNDER THE WATER SURFACE AS WELL AS OPEN MANHOLES. IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID THE CONTACT OF CUTS AND SCRAPES ON YOUR BODY TO THE FLOOD WATERS. ____________________________________________________ FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE,AL 722 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2005 ...WATER LEVELS IN NEW ORLEANS HAVE STABILIZED... ...UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE... REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA HAVE STABILIZED. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA UNTIL AUTHORITIES ARE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH DRAINING THE AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND WILL NOT FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE...THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. IF YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO! IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO THERE UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE ON HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST OF THIS FLOODING AND HAPPEN TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER MEANS...CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND AWAIT ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. HEED THEIR ADVICE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AROUND YOU FOR SIGNS OF RISING WATER...JUST IN CASE. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS OBJECTS UNDER THE WATER SURFACE SUCH AS OPEN MANHOLES. IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE FLOOD WATERS DUE TO AN ANTICIPATED HIGH RISK OF INFECTION...ESPECIALLY IF CUTS OR SCRAPES ARE ON YOUR BODY. ____________________________________________________ FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2005 ...WATER LEVELS IN NEW ORLEANS HAVE STABILIZED... ...UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE... OFFICIAL REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT NEW ORLEANS WATER LEVELS HAVE STABILIZED. HOWEVER...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING CONTINUES OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. OBVIOUSLY...THE FLOODING IS NOT LIMITED ONLY TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. AREA RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION (INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI) IS BEING PASSED ALONG IN THE PRODUCTS NEWFLWLIX AND BHMFLWMOB. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA IS ALSO UPDATING THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FLOOD SITUATION VIA THE DAILY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PRODUCT NEWHWOLIX. IN THE EVENT THAT A SITUATION ARISES FOR A CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ...PLEASE SEE THE PRODUCT NEWCEMLIX. THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 12 TO 24 HOURS...OR IMMEDIATELY ...IF LATE BREAKING FLOOD INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
____________________________________________________ The Flash Flood Warning (FFW) that coincided with the report of levee failure. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 814 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW ORLEANS ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * A LEVEE BREACH OCCURRED ALONG THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL AT TENNESSEE STREET. 3 TO 8 FEET OF WATER IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE BREACH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARABI AND 9TH WARD OF NEW ORLEANS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. |