** WTUS84 KJAN 291802 *** HLSJAN MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-292100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR... ...SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR. ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEING EXPERIENCED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MARION...LAMAR... FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...COVINGTON... JONES...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...RANKIN... HINDS...MADISON...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...LEAKE...NESHOBA... ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA... LOWNDES... WEBSTER...CLAY AND KEMPER COUNTIES. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS... FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...GRENADA...CARROLL... MONTGOMERY...HOLMES AND YAZOO AND WARREN COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT NOON AM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES KATRINA A CATEGORY TWOSTORM ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. TEH STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHILE THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND TODAY...THE HURRICANE WILL REMAIN A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE AS IT MOVES INTO THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR AND WILL REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE INTERSTATE 20 LATER THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP IN MIND...KATRINA WILL STILL BE A HURRICANE WELL INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED! WHILE HURRICANE KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN...IT IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. A HURRICANE OF THIS INTENSITY HAS NOT MADE LANDFALL ON THE CENTRAL GULF COAST SINCE HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. IT IS LIKELY THAT KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY! PEOPLE RESIDING IN HOMES THAT ARE NOT WELL CONSTRUCTED SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO A SAFER ALTERNATIVE LOCATION TO RIDE THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM OUT...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE THE VERY STRONGEST WINDS COULD OCCUR. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH REGARD TO EVACUATIONS AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA WILL STILL BE A SIGNIFICANT HURRICANE WHEN IT MOVES ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR AND THE CITIES OF HATTIESBURG... PURVIS AND COLUMBIA. THIS WOULD MEAN SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 125 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD CAUSE CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE...LEVELING TREES...POWER LINES AND POLES...AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 IS WITHOUT POWER...AND THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES. IN THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20... WINDS OF 75 TO 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION TO DOWNING THOUSANDS OF TREES AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES...THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DESTROY LESS WELL CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WINDS OF 50 TO 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY OCCUR. WIND DAMAGE COULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES POSSIBLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN THE PINE BELT REGION SHORTLY WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS MONDAY. A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THE WORST CONDITIONS FOR THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED GREATER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR IN THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL TO MODERATE...UNLESS HEAVIER RAINFALL THAN FORECAST OCCURS. THE RIVER FLOODING IS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PEARL AND PASCAGOULA BASINS AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. AST OF 1 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98. ...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS... THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL EXPAND TO COVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE MIDDAY AND EVENING HOURS AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVES INLAND. AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES WILL LIKELY EXIST ALONG AND EAST OF A HATTIESBURG TO MERIDIEN TO COLUMBUS LINE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING ...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN LAMAR COUNTY AROUND 1230 PM. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA FOR JACKSON IS 100 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS 37 PERCENT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 3 PM CDT. $$ CBD ** WTUS84 KBMX 291810 *** HLSBMX ALZ011>015-017-022>027-030>036-039>044-049-292100- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 110 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA TO BRING HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINS... AND THREAT OF TORNADOES TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND WEST...TO THE MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA STATE LINE UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65... EAST OF ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND EAST...TO THE ALABAMA GEORGIA STATE LINE UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM TODAY THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT NOON CDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. HURRICANE KATRINA IS FORECASTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND. HOWEVER... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD AS FAR AS 150 MILES INLAND ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. FAR FROM THE CENTER...DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 76 MPH WITH A GUST TO 102 MPH...MOBILE ALABAMA REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 83 MPH...AND PENSACOLA FLORIDA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 52 MPH WITH A GUST TO 69 MPH. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 940 MB...27.76 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR NECESSARY PREPARATION PLANS. THE OUTER RAIN BANDS HAVE STARTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF KATRINA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SUMTER...GREENE...HALE...MARENGO...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA... FAYETTE...LAMAR...AND MARION. IF THE POWER OUTAGES LAST FOR ANY DURATION AND A GENERATOR IS NECESSARY...PLEASE REMEMBER THAT GENERATOR USE INDOORS CAN BE DEADLY DUE TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE GAS PRODUCED. GENERATORS SHOULD NOT BE USED INDOORS...BUT IF NO ALTERNATIVE EXISTS...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING GENERATORS INDOORS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR THE MACHINE. SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INDOORS. BRING YOUR PETS INDOORS. FLOODING... ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE A PROBLEM DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHERE WATER CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED IN THE DARK. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. ...WIND IMPACTS... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BEGINNING IN THE SOUTH AND SPREADING NORTHWARD. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH BETWEEN 6 PM TODAY AND 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HURRICANE TRACK...AFFECTING AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 65 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS INTERSTATE 65...FROM ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND WHERE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. LOCATIONS EAST OF ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...CAN EXPECT WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS AT THESE SPEEDS...IN COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS...CAN TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE KATRINA...3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST MONTH HAS LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM KATRINA WILL CAUSE MAINLY MINOR FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE WATER BEGINS RISING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. EVACUATIONS FROM LOWLANDS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. ...TORNADO THREAT... AS RAIN BANDS ROTATE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...THEY WILL BRING THE THREAT OF TORNADOES TO THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE ENHANCED THROUGH SUNSET DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY AND LIFT TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL EXTEND INTO TONIGHT... AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE ACCESS NUMBER IS 1-888-588-2848. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEB SITE...AT HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.AL.US/. TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888- 2726. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...OR DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE KATRINA...CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON CDT. && $$ ** WTUS84 KMOB 291811 *** HLSMOB ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292015- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 111 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... ...KATRINA IS NOW A MODERATE CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE WITH WINDS NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH... MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND MOBILE...INLAND BALDWIN...WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND STONE...GEORGE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND FOR ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...CONECUH...MONROE...BUTLER...CRENSHAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. PLEASE SEE THE BHMNPWMOB PRODUCT FOR DETAILS RELATED TO THE INLAND AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE SAME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1 PM CDT...MOBILE RADAR ESTIMATED THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA TO BE INLAND...MOVING OVER SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY OR ABOUT 85 MILES WEST...NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE. KATRINA IS MOVING NORTH NEAR 20 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS UP TO AROUND 940 MB. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE STORM TIDE WAS AROUND 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG COASTLINE OF MOBILE COUNTY. LATEST TIDE GAUGE AT THE ALABAMA STATE DOCKS INDICATE TIDES ARE AROUND 11 FEET AND COULD POSSIBLY STILL BE RISING SLIGHTLY. STORM TIDE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE ESTIMATED ALONG THE COASTLINE OF BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 6 FEET FURTHER EASTWARD TO NEAR NAVARRE BEACH. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS NEAR 75 TO 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 T0 60 MPH WITH GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER WINDS EXPECTED FURTHER EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FURTHER INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. ...RIP CURRENTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE OCCURRING. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ...RAINFALL... SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATRINA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WERE ALREADY OBSERVED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... ESPECIALLY ACROSS STONE AND INTO PERRY COUNTIES...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TAPERING TO 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MUCH OF MOBILE COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN NORTH AND EAST OF MOBILE COUNTY FROM BANDS STRETCHING FROM THE BALDWIN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTLINES NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OR HIGHER REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE FELT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO MONROEVILLE AND CAMDEN ALABAMA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AROUND 300 PM CDT. $$ DARBE ** WTJP22 RJTD 291800 *** WARNING 291800. WARNING VALID 301800. WARNING IS UPDATED EVERY 6 HOURS. TYPHOON WARNING. TYPHOON 0513 TALIM (0513) 925 HPA AT 21.2N 130.6E SOUTH OF MINAMIDAITOJIMA MOVING WEST 10 KNOTS. POSITION GOOD. MAX WINDS 95 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. RADIUS OF OVER 50 KNOT WINDS 110 MILES. RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 260 MILES. FORECAST POSITION FOR 301800UTC AT 22.8N 125.6E WITH 80 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 925 HPA, MAX WINDS 95 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. FORECAST POSITION FOR 311800UTC AT 24.3N 120.8E WITH 150 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 935 HPA, MAX WINDS 90 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. FORECAST POSITION FOR 011800UTC AT 27.2N 117.1E WITH 220 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 960 HPA, MAX WINDS 70 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.= ** WTPQ21 RJTD 291800 *** RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY NAME TY 0513 TALIM (0513) ANALYSIS PSTN 291800UTC 21.2N 130.6E GOOD MOVE W 10KT PRES 925HPA MXWD 095KT 50KT 110NM 30KT 260NM FORECAST 24HF 301800UTC 22.8N 125.6E 80NM 70% MOVE W 12KT PRES 925HPA MXWD 095KT 48HF 311800UTC 24.3N 120.8E 150NM 70% MOVE WNW 11KT PRES 935HPA MXWD 090KT 72HF 011800UTC 27.2N 117.1E 220NM 70% MOVE NW 11KT PRES 960HPA MXWD 070KT = ** WTNT32 KNHC 291856 *** TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE KATRINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 27B NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES WEAKENING OVER LAND BUT STILL DANGEROUS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...AND FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 2 PM CDT...1900Z...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 TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND 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. HOWEVER...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD AS FAR AS 150 MILES INLAND ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA. SEE INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES. 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. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA ACROSS THE GULF COAST AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. REPEATING THE 2 PM CDT POSITION...31.4 N... 89.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...95 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 955 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM CDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTPQ20 BABJ 291800 *** SUBJECTIVE FORECAST TY TALIM 0513 (0513) INITIAL TIME 291800 UTC 00HR 21.2N 130.6E 930HPA 55M/S 30KTS 500KM 50KTS 250KM P12HR WNW 25KM/H P+24HR 23.0N 125.8E 920HPA 60M/S P+48HR 24.7N 121.5E 940HPA 50M/S P+72HR 26.6N 118.0E 970HPA 35M/S= ** WTPQ20 BABJ 291800 *** SUBJECTIVE FORECAST TS NABI 0514 (0514) INITIAL TIME 291800 UTC 00HR 15.1N 151.5E 995HPA 20M/S 30KTS 200KM P12HR WNW 15KM/H P+24HR 16.6N 147.1E 980HPA 30M/S P+48HR 17.9N 143.1E 960HPA 40M/S P+72HR 19.0N 138.2E 940HPA 50M/S= ** WTPQ31 PGUM 291904 *** TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI (14W) INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A 5 AM GUAM LST TUE AUG 30 2005 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI (14W) CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS. AT 4 AM GUAM LST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI (14W) WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 151.4 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 451 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN 420 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN 380 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN 385 MILES EAST OF TINIAN 420 MILES EAST OF ROTA...AND 460 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI IS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI WILL GRADUALLY ACCELERATE AND TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI SHOULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS MORNING. REPEATING THE 4 AM POSITION...15.2 DEGREES NORTH AND 151.4 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...REFER TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI LOCAL STATEMENT /WTPQ81 PGUM/ AND OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 8 AM GUAM LST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 11 AM GUAM LST. $$ HENDRICKS ** WTCA42 TJSJ 291908 *** TCPSP2 BOLETIN HURACAN KATRINA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 27B NWS TPC/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL 2 PM CDT LUNES 29 DE AGOSTO DE 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUA DEBILITANDOSE SOBRE TIERRA PERO CONTINUA SIENDO PELIGROSO... ESTA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LA COSTA NORTE CENTRAL DEL GOLFO DESDE MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA HACIA EL ESTE HASTA LA FRONTERA ENTRE ALABAMA/FLORIDA...INCLUYENDO LA CIUDAD DE NEW ORLEANS Y EL LAGO PONTCHARTRAIN. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL DESDE EL ESTE DE LA FRONTERA ENTRE ALABAMA/FLORIDA HASTA INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...Y DESDE EL OESTE DE MORGAN CITY HASTA CAMERON LOUISIANA. PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA PARA SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS SOBRE TIERRA...FAVOR DE REFERIRSE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR SU OFICINA LOCAL DE METEOROLOGIA. A LAS 2 PM CDT...1900Z...EL CENTRO DEL HURACAN KATRINA ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 31.4 NORTE...LONGITUD 89.6 OESTE O COMO A 20 MILLAS AL OESTE-SUROESTE DE HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORTE A CERCA DE 18 MPH...Y SE ESPERA QUE ESTE MOVIMIENTO GENERAL CONTINUE HOY Y ESTA NOCHE. CON ESTA TRAYECTORIA EL CENTRO CONTINUARA MOVIENDOSE SOBRE EL SUR DE MISSISSIPPI HOY Y HACIA EL CENTRO DE MISSISSIPPI DURANTE EL ANOCHECER Y ESTA NOCHE. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS HAN DISMINUIDO HASTA CERCA DE 95 MPH...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. KATRINA AHORA ES UN HURACAN CATEGORIA UNO EN LA ESCALA SAFFIR-SIMPSON. LOS VIENTOS AFECTANDO LOS PISOS MAS ALTOS DE EDIFICIOS MULTIPISOS SERAN SIGNIFICATIVAMENTE MAS FUERTES QUE AQUELLOS CERCA DEL SUELO. SE PRONOSTICA DEBILITAMIENTO DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS A MEDIDA QUE EL CENTRO CONTINUA MOVIENDOSE SOBRE TIERRA. SIN EMBARGO...SE ESPERA QUE LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE HURACAN SE EXTIENDAN TAN LEJOS COMO 150 MILLAS TIERRA ADENTRO A LO LARGO DE LA TRAYECTORIA DE KATRINA. REFIERASE A LOS AVISOS DE HURACAN Y DE TORMENTA TROPICAL TIERRA ADENTRO DESDE LAS OFICINAS DE PRONOSTICOS DEL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA. LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE HURACAN SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 125 MILLAS DEL CENTRO...Y LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 230 MILLAS. LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA ESTIMADA ES DE 955 MILIBARAS...28.20 PULGADAS. INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADA CICLONICA A LO LARGO DEL NORTE Y NORESTE DEL GOLFO DE MEXICO DISMINUIRAN LENTAMENTE MAS TARDE HOY. CANTIDADES TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 5 A 10 PULGADAS...CON CANTIDADES AISLADAS MAXIMAS DE HASTA 15 PULGADAS...SON POSIBLES A LO LARGO DE LA TRAYECTORIA DE KATRINA A TRAVES DE LA COSTA DEL GOLFO Y EN EL VALLE DE TENNESSEE. TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 4 A 8 PULGADAS SON POSIBLES A TRAVES DEL VALLE DE OHIO HACIA LA REGION DEL ESTE DE LOS GRANDES LAGOS EL MARTES Y EL MIERCOLES. LOS ESTIMADOS DEL RADAR DEL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA MUESTRAN QUE HAN OCURRIDO TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 8 A 12 PULGADAS SOBRE PARTES DEL EXTREMO SUR DE MISSISSIPPI. ALGUNOS TORNADOS SON POSIBLES SOBRE PARTES DEL SUR Y ESTE DE MISSISSIPPI...EL SUR Y CENTRO DE ALABAMA...Y EL OESTE DE FLORIDA PANHANDLE HOY. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 2 PM CDT...31.4 NORTE... 89.6 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORTE A CERCA DE 18 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...95 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA... 955 MB. LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 4 PM CDT. PRONOSTICADOR PASCH $$ ** WTJP21 RJTD 291800 *** WARNING 291800. WARNING VALID 301800. WARNING IS UPDATED EVERY 6 HOURS. STORM WARNING. TROPICAL STORM 0514 NABI (0514) 990 HPA AT 15.1N 151.2E MARIANAS MOVING WEST 11 KNOTS. POSITION POOR. MAX WINDS 45 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 100 MILES SOUTHWEST SEMICIRCLE AND 80 MILES ELSEWHERE. FORECAST POSITION FOR 301800UTC AT 16.3N 146.4E WITH 80 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 980 HPA, MAX WINDS 55 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. FORECAST POSITION FOR 311800UTC AT 17.3N 143.0E WITH 150 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 970 HPA, MAX WINDS 65 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. FORECAST POSITION FOR 011800UTC AT 18.6N 140.1E WITH 220 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 955 HPA, MAX WINDS 75 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.= ** WTPQ20 RJTD 291800 *** RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY NAME TS 0514 NABI (0514) ANALYSIS PSTN 291800UTC 15.1N 151.2E POOR MOVE W 11KT PRES 990HPA MXWD 045KT 30KT 100NM SOUTHWEST 80NM NORTHEAST FORECAST 24HF 301800UTC 16.3N 146.4E 80NM 70% MOVE W 11KT PRES 980HPA MXWD 055KT 48HF 311800UTC 17.3N 143.0E 150NM 70% MOVE W 08KT PRES 970HPA MXWD 065KT 72HF 011800UTC 18.6N 140.1E 220NM 70% MOVE WNW 07KT PRES 955HPA MXWD 075KT = ** WTUS84 KJAN 291916 *** HLSJAN MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-292100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... ...110 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED IN LAUREL AT 200 PM... ...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS... ...CORE OF STRONGEST WINDS POUNDING THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR... ...SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEING EXPERIENCED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MARION...LAMAR... FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...COVINGTON... JONES...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...RANKIN... HINDS...MADISON...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...LEAKE...NESHOBA... ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA... LOWNDES... WEBSTER...CLAY AND KEMPER COUNTIES. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS... FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...GRENADA...CARROLL... MONTGOMERY...HOLMES AND YAZOO AND WARREN COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT NOON AM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES KATRINA A CATEGORY ONE STORM ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 28.06 INCHES OR 951 MILLIBARS WAS RECENTLY RECORDED IN MARION COUNTY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHILE THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND TODAY...THE STRONGEST CORE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS POUNDING THE HIGHWAY 84 AND INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDORS. KATRINA WILL ALSO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP IN MIND...KATRINA WILL STILL BE A HURRICANE WELL INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED! WHILE HURRICANE KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN...IT IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. IT IS LIKELY THAT KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY! PEOPLE RESIDING IN HOMES THAT ARE NOT WELL CONSTRUCTED SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO A SAFER ALTERNATIVE LOCATION TO RIDE THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM OUT...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE THE VERY STRONGEST WINDS COULD OCCUR. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH REGARD TO EVACUATIONS AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS ALREADY DONE SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR AND REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ARE WIDESPREAD. RECENTLY...KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO POUND THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR IN THE VICINITY OF LAUREL AND WAYNESBORO. A WIND GUST TO 110 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR LAUREL BEFORE THE ANEMOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 90 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 110 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...LEVELING TREES...POWER LINES AND POLES...AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 IS WITHOUT POWER...AND THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES. IN THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20... WINDS OF 75 TO 90 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION TO DOWNING THOUSANDS OF TREES AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES...THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DESTROY LESS WELL CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WINDS OF 50 TO 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY OCCUR. WIND DAMAGE COULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES POSSIBLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW ARRIVING IN THE PINE BELT REGION WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOUR. THE WORST CONDITIONS FOR THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED GREATER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR IN THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL TO MODERATE...UNLESS HEAVIER RAINFALL THAN FORECAST OCCURS. THE RIVER FLOODING IS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PEARL AND PASCAGOULA BASINS AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. AS OF 2 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. ...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS... THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL EXPAND TO COVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE MIDDAY AND EVENING HOURS AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVES INLAND. AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES WILL LIKELY EXIST ALONG AND EAST OF A HATTIESBURG TO MERIDIAN TO COLUMBUS LINE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING ...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN LAMAR COUNTY AROUND 1230 PM. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA FOR JACKSON IS 100 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS 37 PERCENT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 4 PM CDT. $$ CBD ** WTUS84 KJAN 291917 CCA *** HLSJAN MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-292100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR TIME HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 217 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... ...110 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED IN LAUREL AT 200 PM... ...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS... ...CORE OF STRONGEST WINDS POUNDING THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR... ...SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEING EXPERIENCED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MARION...LAMAR... FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...COVINGTON... JONES...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...RANKIN... HINDS...MADISON...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...LEAKE...NESHOBA... ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA... LOWNDES... WEBSTER...CLAY AND KEMPER COUNTIES. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS... FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...GRENADA...CARROLL... MONTGOMERY...HOLMES AND YAZOO AND WARREN COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT NOON AM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES KATRINA A CATEGORY ONE STORM ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 28.06 INCHES OR 951 MILLIBARS WAS RECENTLY RECORDED IN MARION COUNTY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHILE THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND TODAY...THE STRONGEST CORE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS POUNDING THE HIGHWAY 84 AND INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDORS. KATRINA WILL ALSO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP IN MIND...KATRINA WILL STILL BE A HURRICANE WELL INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED! WHILE HURRICANE KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN...IT IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. IT IS LIKELY THAT KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY! PEOPLE RESIDING IN HOMES THAT ARE NOT WELL CONSTRUCTED SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO A SAFER ALTERNATIVE LOCATION TO RIDE THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM OUT...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE THE VERY STRONGEST WINDS COULD OCCUR. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH REGARD TO EVACUATIONS AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS ALREADY DONE SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR AND REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ARE WIDESPREAD. RECENTLY...KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO POUND THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR IN THE VICINITY OF LAUREL AND WAYNESBORO. A WIND GUST TO 110 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR LAUREL BEFORE THE ANEMOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 90 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 110 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...LEVELING TREES...POWER LINES AND POLES...AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 IS WITHOUT POWER...AND THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES. IN THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20... WINDS OF 75 TO 90 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION TO DOWNING THOUSANDS OF TREES AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES...THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DESTROY LESS WELL CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WINDS OF 50 TO 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY OCCUR. WIND DAMAGE COULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES POSSIBLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW ARRIVING IN THE PINE BELT REGION WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOUR. THE WORST CONDITIONS FOR THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED GREATER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR IN THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL TO MODERATE...UNLESS HEAVIER RAINFALL THAN FORECAST OCCURS. THE RIVER FLOODING IS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PEARL AND PASCAGOULA BASINS AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. AS OF 2 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. ...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS... THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL EXPAND TO COVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE MIDDAY AND EVENING HOURS AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVES INLAND. AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES WILL LIKELY EXIST ALONG AND EAST OF A HATTIESBURG TO MERIDIAN TO COLUMBUS LINE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING ...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN LAMAR COUNTY AROUND 1230 PM. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA FOR JACKSON IS 100 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS 37 PERCENT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 4 PM CDT. $$ CBD ** WTUS84 KBMX 291918 *** HLSBMX ALZ011>015-017-022>027-030>036-039>044-049-292130- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 200 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA TO BRING HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINS... AND THREAT OF TORNADOES TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND WEST...TO THE MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA STATE LINE UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65... EAST OF ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND EAST...TO THE ALABAMA GEORGIA STATE LINE UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM TODAY THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...1900Z...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 TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND 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. HURRICANE KATRINA IS FORECASTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. FAR FROM THE CENTER...DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 76 MPH WITH A GUST TO 102 MPH...MOBILE ALABAMA REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 83 MPH...AND PENSACOLA FLORIDA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 52 MPH WITH A GUST TO 69 MPH. EVERGREEN ALABAMA REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 45 MPH. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 955 MB...28.720INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR NECESSARY PREPARATION PLANS. THE OUTER RAIN BANDS HAVE STARTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF KATRINA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SUMTER...GREENE...HALE...MARENGO...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA... FAYETTE...LAMAR...AND MARION. IF THE POWER OUTAGES LAST FOR ANY DURATION AND A GENERATOR IS NECESSARY...PLEASE REMEMBER THAT GENERATOR USE INDOORS CAN BE DEADLY DUE TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE GAS PRODUCED. GENERATORS SHOULD NOT BE USED INDOORS...BUT IF NO ALTERNATIVE EXISTS...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING GENERATORS INDOORS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR THE MACHINE. SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INDOORS. BRING YOUR PETS INDOORS. FLOODING... ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE A PROBLEM DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHERE WATER CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED IN THE DARK. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. ...WIND IMPACTS... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEGINNING IN THE SOUTH AND SPREADING NORTHWARD. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH BETWEEN 6 PM TODAY AND 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HURRICANE TRACK...AFFECTING AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 65 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS INTERSTATE 65...FROM ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND WHERE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. LOCATIONS EAST OF ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...CAN EXPECT WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS AT THESE SPEEDS...IN COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS...CAN TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE KATRINA...3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST MONTH HAS LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM KATRINA WILL CAUSE MAINLY MINOR RIVER FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE WATER BEGINS RISING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. EVACUATIONS FROM LOWLANDS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. ...TORNADO THREAT... AS RAIN BANDS ROTATE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...THEY WILL BRING THE THREAT OF TORNADOES TO THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY AND LIFT TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL EXTEND INTO TONIGHT... AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE ACCESS NUMBER IS 1-888-588-2848. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEB SITE...AT HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.AL.US/. TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888- 2726. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...OR DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE KATRINA...CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM CDT. && $$ ** WTUS84 KHUN 291935 *** HLSHUN ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-300000- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 237 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT COVERS ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVICED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...1800Z...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 WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. MAKE PLANS NOW TO MOVE OUTDOOR PETS TO A SAFE INDOOR LOCATION BY THIS EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA. AS KATRINA DRAWS CLOSER TONIGHT...THE WINDS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...STARTING AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 50 MPH IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...ANY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ...FLOODING IMPACTS... THE INITIAL OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL MOVE INTO NORTH ALABAMA BY 3 PM...WITH MORE RAINBANDS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FOLLOWING THIS INITIAL AREA OF RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH 5 PM ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WITH CONTINUOUS RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CURRENT ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE GEORGIA BORDER. THE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 PM CDT. $$ TROUTMAN ** WTUS84 KLCH 291948 *** HLSLCH LAZ029-033-044-045-051>055-292030- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 250 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FURTHER INLAND... ...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER... ...AREAS AFFECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...VERMILION... IBERIA...SAINT MARTIN...SAINT MARY...AVOYELLES...AND SAINT LANDRY PARISHES... ...WATCHES/WARNING... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SAINT MARY PARISH. . A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO CAMERON LOUISIANA INCLUDING VERMILION...IBERIA AND CAMERON PARISH. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY FOR AVOYELLES...SAINT LANDRY...AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES. THE FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT TODAY FOR IBERIA...SAINT MARY...AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES. HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER AVOYELLES...ST.LANDRY...ST. MARTIN...AND IBERIA PARISH BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2PM...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS THE CIRCULATION INTERACTS WITH LAND THIS AFTERNOON. KATRINA REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS EAST OF I- 49 SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THE STRONG WINDS SUBSIDE. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT ONE TO 1.5 FEET BELOW NORMAL IN ST. MARY PARISH. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TIDES ARE RUNNING AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.. ...WIND IMPACTS... WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN WEST TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM MOVES FURTHER INLAND. BASED ON THE EXPECTED WIND SPEEDS AND THE NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA BASIN...RESIDENTS IN THESE REGIONS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL OF FALLING TREES. REMEMBER...MOST OF THE DEATHS CAUSED BY KATRINA AS IT CROSSED SOUTH FLORIDA WERE CAUSED BY FALLING TREES. ON THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR VERMILION AND ATCHAFALAYA BAYS... NORTHEAST WINDS WERE RUNNING 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS. THESE WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS KATRINA MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. ...RAINFALL... RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON AS KATRINA MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE BY 2:30 PM. $$ ** WTUS84 KLIX 292008 *** HLSLIX LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-292115- 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... ...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. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 600 PM CDT. $$ MEDLIN ** WTUS84 KLIX 292010 CCA *** HLSLIX LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-300100- HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 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. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 600 PM CDT. $$ MEDLIN ** WTNT72 KNHC 292031 *** SPFAT2 HURRICANE KATRINA PROBABILITIES NUMBER 28 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 PROBABILITIES FOR GUIDANCE IN HURRICANE PROTECTION PLANNING BY GOVERNMENT AND DISASTER OFFICIALS AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST CHANCES OF CENTER OF THE HURRICANE PASSING WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES OF LISTED LOCATIONS THROUGH 1PM CDT THU SEP 1 2005 LOCATION A B C D E LOCATION A B C D E 37.2N 87.3W 39 1 1 X 41 BAR HARBOR ME X X X 8 8 40.5N 83.4W X 20 1 1 22 EASTPORT ME X X X 7 7 44.0N 78.0W X X 13 2 15 ST JOHN NB X X X 6 6 NORFOLK VA X X 2 X 2 MONCTON NB X X X 6 6 OCEAN CITY MD X X 3 1 4 YARMOUTH NS X X X 5 5 ATLANTIC CITY NJ X X 5 1 6 HALIFAX NS X X X 4 4 NEW YORK CITY NY X X 5 3 8 SYDNEY NS X X X 2 2 MONTAUK POINT NY X X 3 4 7 EDDY POINT NS X X X 3 3 PROVIDENCE RI X X 3 4 7 PTX BASQUES NFLD X X X 2 2 NANTUCKET MA X X 1 5 6 MOBILE AL 77 X X X 77 HYANNIS MA X X 2 4 6 GULFPORT MS 99 X X X 99 BOSTON MA X X 2 6 8 NEW ORLEANS LA 20 X X X 20 PORTLAND ME X X 2 7 9 COLUMN DEFINITION PROBABILITIES IN PERCENT A IS PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 1PM TUE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL PROBABILITIES B FROM 1PM TUE TO 1AM WED C FROM 1AM WED TO 1PM WED D FROM 1PM WED TO 1PM THU E IS TOTAL PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 1PM THU X MEANS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTNT22 KNHC 292031 *** TCMAT2 HURRICANE KATRINA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 28 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122005 2100Z MON AUG 29 2005 AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAKE PONTCHARTAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ALL OTHER WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING. HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 31.9N 89.6W AT 29/2100Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 16 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 960 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT WITH GUSTS TO 80 KT. 64 KT....... 50NE 50SE 30SW 30NW. 50 KT....... 75NE 100SE 75SW 75NW. 34 KT.......100NE 180SE 100SW 100NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 0NE 360SE 360SW 0NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 31.9N 89.6W AT 29/2100Z AT 29/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 31.1N 89.6W FORECAST VALID 30/0600Z 34.2N 89.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 75SE 50SW 50NW. FORECAST VALID 30/1800Z 37.2N 87.3W...INLAND MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 31/0600Z 40.5N 83.4W...INLAND MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 31/1800Z 44.0N 78.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 01/1800Z 50.0N 70.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 25 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 02/1800Z 53.0N 67.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 25 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 03/1800Z...ABSORBED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 31.9N 89.6W NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/0300Z FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTUS84 KMOB 292034 *** HLSMOB ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292345- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH... MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. AROUND 4 PM CDT...HURRICANE WARNINGS WILL BE REPLACED BY TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS. INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT HOWEVER NEAR THE CORE OF KATRINA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE SAME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ...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... PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE STORM TIDE WAS AROUND 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG COASTLINE OF MOBILE COUNTY. LATEST TIDE GAUGE AT THE ALABAMA STATE DOCKS INDICATE TIDES ARE AROUND 11 FEET AND COULD POSSIBLY STILL BE RISING SLIGHTLY. STORM TIDE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE ESTIMATED ALONG THE COASTLINE OF BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 6 FEET FURTHER EASTWARD TO NEAR NAVARRE BEACH. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS NEAR 65 TO 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND AROUND THE CORE OF KATRINA. PARTICULARLY IMPACTED WILL BE WAYNE..PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE... WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 34 TO 73 MPH RANGE WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. ...RIP CURRENTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE OCCURRING. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ...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. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL WILL BE TAPERING...THE RUNOFF WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AROUND 600 PM CDT. $$ MEDLIN ** WTUS84 KJAN 292037 *** HLSJAN MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-300100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 335 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... ...110 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED IN LAUREL AT 200 PM... ...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS... ...CORE OF STRONGEST WINDS PUSHING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR... ...SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR... ...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEING EXPERIENCED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MARION...LAMAR... FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...COVINGTON... JONES...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...RANKIN... HINDS...MADISON...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...LEAKE...NESHOBA... ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA... LOWNDES... WEBSTER...CLAY AND KEMPER COUNTIES. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS... FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...GRENADA...CARROLL... MONTGOMERY...HOLMES AND YAZOO AND WARREN COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES KATRINA A CATEGORY ONE STORM ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 28.06 INCHES OR 951 MILLIBARS WAS REPORTED AROUND 2 PM CDT IN MARION COUNTY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHILE THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND THIS EVENING...THE STRONGEST CORE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS POUNDING THE HIGHWAY 84 AND INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDORS. KATRINA WILL ALSO REMAIN A FORMIDABLE HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. KEEP IN MIND...KATRINA WILL STILL BE A HURRICANE WELL INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED! WHILE HURRICANE KATRINA HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN...IT IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE. IT IS LIKELY THAT KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY! PEOPLE RESIDING IN HOMES THAT ARE NOT WELL CONSTRUCTED SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO A SAFER ALTERNATIVE LOCATION TO RIDE THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM OUT...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 WHERE THE VERY STRONGEST WINDS COULD OCCUR. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH REGARD TO EVACUATIONS AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. ...WIND IMPACTS... KATRINA HAS ALREADY DONE SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR AND REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ARE WIDESPREAD. RECENTLY...KATRINA HAS POUNDED THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR IN THE VICINITY OF LAUREL AND WAYNESBORO. A WIND GUST TO 110 MPH WAS REPORTED NEAR LAUREL AT 2 PM BEFORE THE ANEMOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THIS WOULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...LEVELING TREES...POWER LINES AND POLES...AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 98 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 IS WITHOUT POWER...AND THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES. IN THE REMAINDER OF THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20... WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IN ADDITION TO DOWNING THOUSANDS OF TREES AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES...THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DESTROY LESS WELL CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES. IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WINDS OF 50 TO 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL OCCUR...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY OCCUR. WIND DAMAGE COULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THESE AREAS AS WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES POSSIBLE. ...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED GREATER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR IN THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL TO MODERATE...UNLESS HEAVIER RAINFALL THAN FORECAST OCCURS. THE RIVER FLOODING IS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PEARL AND PASCAGOULA BASINS AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. AS OF 330 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. ...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS... THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL COVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE MIDDAY AND EVENING HOURS AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVES INLAND. AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES WILL LIKELY EXIST ALONG AND EAST OF A HATTIESBURG TO MERIDIAN TO COLUMBUS LINE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING ...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN LAMAR COUNTY AROUND 1230 PM. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 8 PM CDT. $$ CBD ** WTPN31 PGTW 292100 *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// REF/A/MSG/NAVPACMETOCCEN/PEARL HARBOR HI/291352ZAUG2005// AMPN/REF A IS A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING.// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL STORM 14W (NABI) WARNING NR 003 UPGRADED FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 291800Z --- NEAR 15.2N 151.4E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 275 DEGREES AT 10 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 15.2N 151.4E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 300600Z --- 15.7N 149.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z --- 16.2N 147.7E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 070 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 070 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 310600Z --- 16.7N 145.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 020 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 020 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 095 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 090 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 090 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 095 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 311800Z --- 17.2N 144.1E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 080 KT, GUSTS 100 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 025 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 025 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 025 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 110 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 100 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 100 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 110 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z --- 18.1N 140.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 125 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 115 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 115 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 125 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 96 HR POSIT: 300 DEG/ 07 KTS --- LONG RANGE OUTLOOK: NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 350 NM ON DAY 5... AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY. --- 96 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z --- 19.4N 137.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 KT VECTOR TO 120 HR POSIT: 305 DEG/ 07 KTS --- 120 HRS, VALID AT: 031800Z --- 21.0N 135.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 115 KT, GUSTS 140 KT --- REMARKS: 292100Z POSITION NEAR 15.3N 150.9E. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 14W (NABI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 410 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 291800Z IS 15 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 300300Z, 300900Z, 301500Z AND 302100Z. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 13W (TALIM) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// ** WTUS84 KMOB 292034 *** HLSMOB ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-292345- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA IS DEPARTING BUT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING REMAINS IN HER WAKE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH... MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. AROUND 4 PM CDT...HURRICANE WARNINGS WILL BE REPLACED BY TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS. INLAND HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT HOWEVER NEAR THE CORE OF KATRINA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE SAME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ...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... PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE STORM TIDE WAS AROUND 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG COASTLINE OF MOBILE COUNTY. LATEST TIDE GAUGE AT THE ALABAMA STATE DOCKS INDICATE TIDES ARE AROUND 11 FEET AND COULD POSSIBLY STILL BE RISING SLIGHTLY. STORM TIDE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE ESTIMATED ALONG THE COASTLINE OF BALDWIN COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 6 FEET FURTHER EASTWARD TO NEAR NAVARRE BEACH. ...WIND IMPACTS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS NEAR 65 TO 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND AROUND THE CORE OF KATRINA. PARTICULARLY IMPACTED WILL BE WAYNE..PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE... WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 34 TO 73 MPH RANGE WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. ...RIP CURRENTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE OCCURRING. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ...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. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL WILL BE TAPERING...THE RUNOFF WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AROUND 600 PM CDT. $$ MEDLIN ** WTPN31 PGTW 292100 RRA *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// REF/A/MSG/NAVPACMETOCCEN/PEARL HARBOR HI/291352ZAUG2005// AMPN/REF A IS A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING.// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL STORM 14W (NABI) WARNING NR 003 UPGRADED FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 291800Z --- NEAR 15.2N 151.4E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 275 DEGREES AT 10 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 15.2N 151.4E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 300600Z --- 15.7N 149.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z --- 16.2N 147.7E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 070 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT ** WTPN31 PGTW 292100 RRC *** 100 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 100 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 110 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z --- 18.1N 140.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 125 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 115 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 115 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 125 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 96 HR POSIT: 300 DEG/ 07 KTS --- LONG RANGE OUTLOOK: NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 350 NM ON DAY 5... AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY. --- 96 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z --- 19.4N 137.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 KT VECTOR TO 120 HR POSIT: 305 DEG/ 07 KTS --- 120 HRS, VALID AT: 031800Z --- 21.0N 135.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 115 KT, GUSTS 140 KT --- REMARKS: 292100Z POSITION NEAR 15.3N 150.9E. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 14W (NABI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 410 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 291800Z ** WTPN31 PGTW 292100 *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// REF/A/MSG/NAVPACMETOCCEN/PEARL HARBOR HI/291352ZAUG2005// AMPN/REF A IS A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING.// RMKS/ 1. TROPICAL STORM 14W (NABI) WARNING NR 003 UPGRADED FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14W 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 291800Z --- NEAR 15.2N 151.4E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 275 DEGREES AT 10 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 040 KT, GUSTS 050 KT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 15.2N 151.4E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 300600Z --- 15.7N 149.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z --- 16.2N 147.7E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 070 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 070 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 310600Z --- 16.7N 145.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 020 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 020 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 095 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 090 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 090 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 095 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 311800Z --- 17.2N 144.1E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 080 KT, GUSTS 100 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 025 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 025 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 025 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 110 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 100 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 100 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 110 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z --- 18.1N 140.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 030 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 030 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 030 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 125 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 115 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 115 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 125 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 96 HR POSIT: 300 DEG/ 07 KTS --- LONG RANGE OUTLOOK: NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 350 NM ON DAY 5... AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY. --- 96 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z --- 19.4N 137.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 KT VECTOR TO 120 HR POSIT: 305 DEG/ 07 KTS --- 120 HRS, VALID AT: 031800Z --- 21.0N 135.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 115 KT, GUSTS 140 KT --- REMARKS: 292100Z POSITION NEAR 15.3N 150.9E. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 14W (NABI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 410 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 291800Z IS 15 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 300300Z, 300900Z, 301500Z AND 302100Z. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 13W (TALIM) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// ** WTPN31 PGTW 292100 RRB *** 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 070 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 310600Z --- 16.7N 145.9E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 075 KT, GUSTS 090 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 020 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 020 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 020 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 095 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 090 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 090 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 095 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 09 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 311800Z --- 17.2N 144.1E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 080 KT, GUSTS 100 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 025 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 025 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 025 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 025 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 110 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT ** WTPN31 PGTW 292100 RRD *** IS 15 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 300300Z, 300900Z, 301500Z AND 302100Z. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 13W (TALIM) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// ** WTNT32 KNHC 292051 *** TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 28 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES WEAKENING OVER MISSISSIPPI BUT STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS STILL A THREAT... AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ALL OTHER WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED. 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. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...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. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 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. AT 2 PM CDT...A WIND GUST TO 110 MPH WAS MEASURED...BEFORE INSTRUMENT FAILURE...IN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI BY JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...WILL ACCOMPANY KATRINA FROM THE GULF COAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EASTERN... AND NORTHERN ALABAMA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WESTERN GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...31.9 N... 89.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER PASCH $$ ** WTNT42 KNHC 292055 *** TCDAT2 HURRICANE KATRINA DISCUSSION NUMBER 28 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 KATRINA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND. UNFORTUNATELY...THERE HAVE BEEN NO OFFICIAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NEAR THE CENTER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. BASED ON WSR-88D DOPPLER VELOCITIES...THE CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATE IS 65 KT...HOWEVER THIS IS ADMITTEDLY A CRUDE ESTIMATE SINCE THE INLAND RATIO OF SURFACE WINDS TO VELOCITIES ALOFT IS NOT WELL DOCUMENTED. THE FORECAST INTENSITY HAS A WEAKENING RATE THAT IS MORE OR LESS CONSISTENT WITH THE DECAY SHIPS GUIDANCE. KATRINA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM THIS EVENING AND DROP BELOW STORM STRENGTH SOMETIME TUESDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM NEARS THE GREAT LAKES...IT SHOULD BE LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. KATRINA'S EXTRATROPICAL REMNANT IS LIKELY TO BECOME ABSORBED BY ANOTHER EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE OVER CANADA LATER IN THE PERIOD. KATRINA HAS ACCELERATED A LITTLE MORE AND THE INITIAL MOTION IS NOW 360/16. THE PRIMARY STEERING CURRENT IS BEING PROVIDED THE FLOW BETWEEN A LARGE EASTWARD-MOVING LOW TO THE NORTH OF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND A RIDGE NEAR THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST. THIS STEERING SHOULD CAUSE THE CYCLONE TO TURN GRADUALLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...AND ACCELERATE SOME MORE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EVEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM IS WEAKENING...THE THREAT OF STRONG INLAND WINDS WILL REMAIN INTO THIS EVENING. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF LIFE DUE TO FALLING TREES. INLAND FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A HAZARD. FORECASTER PASCH FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INITIAL 29/2100Z 31.9N 89.6W 65 KT...INLAND 12HR VT 30/0600Z 34.2N 89.0W 45 KT...INLAND 24HR VT 30/1800Z 37.2N 87.3W 30 KT...INLAND 36HR VT 31/0600Z 40.5N 83.4W 25 KT...INLAND 48HR VT 31/1800Z 44.0N 78.0W 25 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 72HR VT 01/1800Z 50.0N 70.0W 20 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 96HR VT 02/1800Z 53.0N 67.0W 20 KT...EXTRATROPICAL 120HR VT 03/1800Z...ABSORBED $$ ** WTUS82 KTAE 292056 *** HLSTAE GMZ750-FLZ008-012-014-015-018-027-028-034-292345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 450 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE PANHANDLE COAST FROM DESTIN EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS IS FOR FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION... ...WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE AREAS FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS IN GULF COUNTY FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT (7 PM CDT) FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ALL OF THE BIG BEND EXCEPT TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES AND THE WEST HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF FRANKLIN...BAY...GULF AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO NOW INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AT 4 PM EDT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 3 PM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 245 MILES NORTHWEST OF DESTIN FLORIDA. KATRINA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE. STILL...IT REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. ...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER..ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COASTS. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... HEAVY SURF WILL DECREASE BUT CONTINUE ON THE HIGH SIDE DURING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LARGE SWELLS EMANATE FROM THE LARGE AND POWERFUL KATRINA. STORM TIDES RANGE FROM AROUND 4 FEET AT DESTIN TO 2 FEET AT APALACHICOLA. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE INTO THE EVENING AS WE APPROACH LOW TIDE. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES INDICATED IMPROVING CONDITIONS. ALL BRIDGES HAVE BEEN REOPENED AND WATER IS RECEDING ALONG THE BEACHES. STILL...HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL PANHANDLE COUNTIES RESULTING IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. THEREFORE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES. THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW MORNING FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS... APALACHICOLA...LOW 831 PM MONDAY EVENING...HIGH 426 AM TUESDAY MORNING SAINT ANDREWS BAY AT PANAMA CITY...LOW 556 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING... HIGH 729 AM TUESDAY MORNING EAST PASS AT DESTIN...LOW 827 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING...HIGH 759 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING ST MARKS...LOW 646 PM MONDAY EVENING...HIGH 124 AM TUESDAY MORNING ...WIND IMPACTS... AT 3 PM CDT WINDS ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST WERE GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 KTS...WITH GUSTS OF 40 KTS WITH A STRONG WEST TO EAST GRADIENT. SOME SITES INCLUDE...DESTIN 22 KTS GUSTS 38 KTS...EGLIN AFB 33 KTS GUSTS 44 KTS...PANAMA CITY 20 KTS GUSTS 35 KTS...AND APALACHICOLA 22 KTS GUST 33 KTS. WINDS OFFSHORE INCLUDE... THE PANAMA CITY BUOY 25 KTS WITH GUSTS 31 KTS. EVEN THOUGH KATRINA WAS MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AT THIS TIME AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE...LOCAL SUSTAINED WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ABOVE 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS NEAR THE COAST. SUCH WINDS CAN CAUSE DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES...TIPPED OVER GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE ...AND UPROOTED TREES. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING AS KATRINA FURTHER ACCELERATES INLAND AND WEAKENS. ...RAINFALL AND FLOOD POTENTIAL... AT 3 PM CDT WINDS ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST WERE GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 KTS...WITH GUSTS OF 40 KTS WITH A STRONG WEST TO EAST GRADIENT. SOME SITES INCLUDE...DESTIN 22 KTS GUSTS 38 KTS...EGLIN AFB 33 KTS GUSTS 44 KTS...PANAMA CITY 20 KTS GUSTS 35 KTS...AND APALACHICOLA 22 KTS GUST 33 KTS. WINDS OFFSHORE INCLUDE... THE PANAMA CITY BUOY 25 KTS WITH GUSTS 31 KTS. EVEN THOUGH KATRINA WAS MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI AT THIS TIME AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE...LOCAL SUSTAINED WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ABOVE 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS NEAR THE COAST. SUCH WINDS CAN CAUSE DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES...TIPPED OVER GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE ...AND UPROOTED TREES. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING AS KATRINA FURTHER ACCELERATES INLAND AND WEAKENS. ...TORNADO THREAT... SEVERAL TORNADOS WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ...RIP CURRENTS... ALONG WITH THE HIGH SURF THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVERYONE...INCLUDING EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE SURF. ...THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE... 24-BLOCK $$ ** WTPN32 PGTW 292100 *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// REF/A/MSG/NAVPACMETOCCEN/PEARL HARBOR HI/291951ZAUG2005// AMPN/REF A IS A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING.// RMKS/ 1. TYPHOON 13W (TALIM) WARNING NR 015 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 291800Z --- NEAR 21.2N 130.6E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 280 DEGREES AT 11 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 030 NM POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 050 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 150 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 150 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 21.2N 130.6E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 300600Z --- 21.8N 128.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 290 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z --- 22.5N 126.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 125 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 125 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 295 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 310600Z --- 23.3N 124.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 295 DEG/ 10 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 311800Z --- 24.1N 122.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 110 KT, GUSTS 135 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 105 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 105 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 300 DEG/ 08 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z --- 25.8N 119.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 020 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 010 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 010 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 130 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 110 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 035 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER VECTOR TO 96 HR POSIT: 310 DEG/ 05 KTS --- LONG RANGE OUTLOOK: NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 350 NM ON DAY 5... AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY. --- 96 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z --- 27.1N 117.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND --- REMARKS: 292100Z POSITION NEAR 21.3N 130.0E. TYPHOON (TY) 13W (TALIM), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 335 NM SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 291800Z IS 46 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 300300Z, 300900Z, 301500Z AND 302100Z. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 14W (NABI) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// ** WTPN32 PGTW 292100 RRA *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// REF/A/MSG/NAVPACMETOCCEN/PEARL HARBOR HI/291951ZAUG2005// AMPN/REF A IS A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING.// RMKS/ 1. TYPHOON 13W (TALIM) WARNING NR 015 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 291800Z --- NEAR 21.2N 130.6E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 280 DEGREES AT 11 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 030 NM POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 050 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 150 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 150 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 21.2N 130.6E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 300600Z --- 21.8N 128.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT ** WTPN32 PGTW 292100 RRB *** RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 290 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z --- 22.5N 126.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 125 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 125 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 295 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 310600Z --- 23.3N 124.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT ** WTPN32 PGTW 292100 RRC *** 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 295 DEG/ 10 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 311800Z --- 24.1N 122.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 110 KT, GUSTS 135 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 105 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 105 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 300 DEG/ 08 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z --- 25.8N 119.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 020 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT ** WTPN32 PGTW 292100 RRD *** OVER WATER 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 010 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 010 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 130 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 110 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 035 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER VECTOR TO 96 HR POSIT: 310 DEG/ 05 KTS --- LONG RANGE OUTLOOK: NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 350 NM ON DAY 5... AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY. --- 96 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z --- 27.1N 117.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND --- REMARKS: 292100Z POSITION NEAR 21.3N 130.0E. TYPHOON (TY) 13W (TALIM), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 335 NM SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 291800Z IS 46 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 300300Z, 300900Z, 301500Z AND 302100Z. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 14W (NABI) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// ** WTPN32 PGTW 292100 *** MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// REF/A/MSG/NAVPACMETOCCEN/PEARL HARBOR HI/291951ZAUG2005// AMPN/REF A IS A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING.// RMKS/ 1. TYPHOON 13W (TALIM) WARNING NR 015 02 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 291800Z --- NEAR 21.2N 130.6E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 280 DEGREES AT 11 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 030 NM POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 050 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 150 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 150 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 21.2N 130.6E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 300600Z --- 21.8N 128.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 060 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 060 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 060 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 290 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 301800Z --- 22.5N 126.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 135 KT, GUSTS 165 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 125 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 125 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 295 DEG/ 10 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 310600Z --- 23.3N 124.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 125 KT, GUSTS 150 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 295 DEG/ 10 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 311800Z --- 24.1N 122.4E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 110 KT, GUSTS 135 KT RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 040 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 065 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 065 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 130 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 105 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 105 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER VECTOR TO 72 HR POSIT: 300 DEG/ 08 KTS --- 72 HRS, VALID AT: 011800Z --- 25.8N 119.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 055 KT, GUSTS 070 KT DISSIPATING AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 020 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 020 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 010 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 010 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 130 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT OVER WATER 110 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER 035 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT OVER WATER VECTOR TO 96 HR POSIT: 310 DEG/ 05 KTS --- LONG RANGE OUTLOOK: NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 350 NM ON DAY 5... AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY. --- 96 HRS, VALID AT: 021800Z --- 27.1N 117.5E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT DISSIPATED AS A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER LAND --- REMARKS: 292100Z POSITION NEAR 21.3N 130.0E. TYPHOON (TY) 13W (TALIM), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 335 NM SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 291800Z IS 46 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 300300Z, 300900Z, 301500Z AND 302100Z. REFER TO TROPICAL CYCLONE 14W (NABI) WARNINGS (WTPN32 PGTW) FOR SIX-HOURLY UPDATES.// ** WTCA42 TJSJ 292115 *** TCPSP2 BOLETIN HURACAN KATRINA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA NUMERO 28 NWS TPC/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL 4 PM CDT LUNES 29 DE AGOSTO DE 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUA DEBILITANDOSE SOBRE MISSISSIPPI PERO FUERTES VIENTOS Y LLUVIAS AUN CONTINUA SIENDO UNA AMENAZA... A LAS 4 PM CDT...2100Z...EL AVISO DE HURACAN PARA LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Y DESDE LA DESEMBOCADURA DEL PEARL RIVER AL ESTE HASTA LA FRONTERA DE ALABAMA Y FLORIDA HA SIDO CAMBIADO A UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL. TODOS LOS RESTANTES AVISOS HAN SIDO DESCONTINUADOS. EL AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PERMANECE EN EFECTO PARA LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Y DESDE LA DESEMBOCADURA DEL PEARL RIVER AL ESTE HASTA LA FRONTERA DE ALABAMA Y FLORIDA. ESTE AVISO PROBABLEMENTE SEA DESCONTINUADO DURANTE EL ANOCHECER. PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA PARA SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS SOBRE TIERRA...FAVOR DE REFERIRSE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR SU OFICINA LOCAL DE METEOROLOGIA. A LAS 4 PM CDT...2100Z...EL CENTRO DEL HURACAN KATRINA ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 31.9 NORTE...LONGITUD 89.6 OESTE O COMO A 30 MILLAS AL OESTE DE LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA SE ESTA MOVIENDO HACIA EL NORTE A CERCA DE 18 MPH...Y SE ESPERA UN GIRO GRADUAL HACIA EL NORTE NORESTE CON UN AUMENTO EN SU VELOCIDAD DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. CON ESTA TRAYECTORIA EL CENTRO CONTINUARA MOVIENDOSE SOBRE EL CENTRO Y LA PARTE NORTE DE MISSISSIPPI ESTA NOCHE Y SOBRE LA PARTE OESTE DE TENNESSEE EL MARTES. LOS VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS HAN DISMINUIDO HASTA CERCA DE 75 MPH...CON RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. KATRINA AHORA ES UN HURACAN CATEGORIA UNO EN LA ESCALA SAFFIR-SIMPSON. LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE HURACAN SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 60 MILLAS DEL CENTRO...Y LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA AFUERA HASTA 205 MILLAS...MAYORMENTE SL SURESTE. A LAS 2 PM CDT...SE REGISTRO UNA RAFAGA DE 110 MPH...ANTES DE QUE EL INTRUMENTO FALLARA...EN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI POR LA AGENCIA DE MANEJO DE EMERGENCIA DE JONES COUNTY. LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA ESTIMADA ES DE 960 MILIBARAS...28.35 PULGADAS. INUNDACIONES COSTERAS POR MAREJADA CICLONICA A LO LARGO DEL NORTE Y NORESTE DEL GOLFO DE MEXICO DISMINUIRAN LENTAMENTE MAS TARDE HOY. CANTIDADES TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 4 A 8 PULGADAS...CON CANTIDADES AISLADAS MAXIMAS DE HASTA 10 PULGADAS...ACOMPANARA A KATRINA DESDE EL GOLFO DE MEXICO HASTA LOS VALLES DEL TENNESSEE Y OHIO. ALGUNOS TORNADOS SON POSIBLES SOBRE PARTES DEL CENTRO...ESTE Y NORTE DE ALABAMA...Y PORCIONES DEL OESTE DE GEORGIA Y EL OESTE DE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ESTA TARDE. REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 4 PM CDT...31.9 NORTE... 89.6 OESTE. MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...NORTE A CERCA DE 18 MPH. VIENTOS MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...75 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA... 960 MB. UNA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES A LAS 7 PM CDT SEGUIDO POR LA PROXIMA ADVERTENCIA COMPLETA A LAS 10 PM CDT. PRONOSTICADOR PASCH $$ ** WTPQ20 BABJ 292100 *** SUBJECTIVE FORECAST TY TALIM 0513 (0513) INITIAL TIME 292100 UTC 00HR 21.3N 130.2E 930HPA 55M/S 30KTS 500KM 50KTS 250KM P12HR WNW 25KM/H P+24HR 23.0N 125.2E 920HPA 60M/S P+48HR 24.7N 121.0E 940HPA 50M/S P+72HR 27.0N 117.6E 980HPA 30M/S= ** WTUS84 KLCH 292121 *** HLSLCH LAZ029-033-044-045-051>055-292200- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 419 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FURTHER INLAND... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER... ...AREAS AFFECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...VERMILION... IBERIA...SAINT MARTIN...SAINT MARY...AVOYELLES...AND SAINT LANDRY PARISHES... ...WATCHES/WARNING... NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 4PM...THE CENTER OF MAJOR 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. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS THE CIRCULATION INTERACTS WITH LAND THIS AFTERNOON. KATRINA REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS LIVING EAST OF I-49 AND SOUTH OF I-10 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FALLEN TREES AND POWERLINES THIS EVENING. FALLEN POWER LINES COULD STILL BE LIVE AND POSE A THREAT TO ANYONE IN THE AREA. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... TIDES SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ...WIND IMPACTS... WIND HAVE LOWERED TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA BY THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE. $$ ** WTUS84 KLCH 292122 *** HLSLCH LAZ029-033-044-045-051>055-292300- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 419 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FURTHER INLAND... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER... ...AREAS AFFECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...VERMILION... IBERIA...SAINT MARTIN...SAINT MARY...AVOYELLES...AND SAINT LANDRY PARISHES... ...WATCHES/WARNING... NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 4PM...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS THE CIRCULATION INTERACTS WITH LAND THIS AFTERNOON. KATRINA REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS LIVING EAST OF I-49 AND SOUTH OF I-10 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FALLEN TREES AND POWERLINES THIS EVENING. FALLEN POWER LINES COULD STILL BE LIVE AND POSE A THREAT TO ANYONE IN THE AREA. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... TIDES SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ...WIND IMPACTS... WIND HAVE LOWERED TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA BY THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE. $$ ** WTUS84 KLIX 292126 CCA *** HLSLIX LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-300045- 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. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 730 PM CDT. $$ MEDLIN ** WTPQ31 PGUM 292142 *** TCPPQ1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NABI (14W) ADVISORY NUMBER 3 8 AM GUAM LST TUE AUG 30 2005 ...NABI (14W) NOW A TROPICAL STORM... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... INCLUDING TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS. AT 7 AM GUAM LST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NABI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.9 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 420 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN 390 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN 340 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN 350 MILES EAST OF TINIAN 390 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA...AND 430 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM. TROPICAL STORM NABI IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...NABI WILL MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT SPEED WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 45 MPH. NABI WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN...POSSIBLY BECOMING A TYPHOON LATE TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 7 AM POSITION...15.3 DEGREES NORTH AND 150.9 DEGREES EAST...MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...REFER TO TROPICAL STORM NABI LOCAL STATEMENT /WTPQ81 PGUM/ AND OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 11 AM GUAM LST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT 2 PM GUAM LST. $$ HENDRICKS ** WTJP32 RJTD 292100 *** WARNING 292100. WARNING VALID 302100. TYPHOON WARNING. TYPHOON 0513 TALIM (0513) 925 HPA AT 21.3N 130.1E SOUTH OF MINAMIDAITOJIMA MOVING WESTNORTHWEST 11 KNOTS. POSITION GOOD. MAX WINDS 95 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. RADIUS OF OVER 50 KNOT WINDS 110 MILES. RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 260 MILES. FORECAST POSITION FOR 302100UTC AT 22.9N 125.1E WITH 80 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 925 HPA, MAX WINDS 95 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.= ** WTPQ21 RJTD 292100 *** RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY NAME TY 0513 TALIM (0513) ANALYSIS PSTN 292100UTC 21.3N 130.1E GOOD MOVE WNW 11KT PRES 925HPA MXWD 095KT 50KT 110NM 30KT 260NM FORECAST 24HF 302100UTC 22.9N 125.1E 80NM 70% MOVE W 12KT PRES 925HPA MXWD 095KT 45HF 311800UTC 24.3N 120.8E 150NM 70% MOVE WNW 11KT PRES 935HPA MXWD 090KT 69HF 011800UTC 27.2N 117.1E 220NM 70% MOVE NW 11KT PRES 960HPA MXWD 070KT = ** WTPH20 RPMM 291800 *** T T T TYPHOON WARNING 04 AT 1800 29 AUGUST (TALIM) (0513) WAS LOCATED BASED ON SATELLITE AND SURFACE DATA AT TWO ONE POINT TWO NORTH ONE THREE ZERO POINT SIX EAST MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT ZERO FIVE METERS PER SECOND ROUGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN FOUR FIVE ZERO KILOMETERS RADIUS FROM CENTER ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE NINE FIVE FOUR HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS FOUR FIVE METERS PER SECOND NEAR CENTER THREE THREE METERS PER SECOND WITHIN TWO FIVE ZERO KILOMETERS RADIUS ONE THREE METERS PER SECOND WITHIN FOUR FIVE ZERO KILOMETERS ELSEWHERE FORECAST POSITIONS AT 301800 TWO TWO POINT ZERO NORTH ONE TWO FIVE POINT SIX EAST AND AT 311800 TWO THREE POINT FOUR NORTH ONE TWO ZERO POINT FIVE EAST ALL SHIPS WITHIN TYPHOON AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THREE-HOURLY WEATHER REPORTS TO WEATHER MANILA PD WEATHER MANILA= ** WTUS84 KHUN 292158 *** HLSHUN ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-300100- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 455 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT COVERS ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVICED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...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 AT 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. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE IN PLACE AS THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS INCREASE BY LATE EVENING. ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. MAKE FINAL PLANS NOW TO MOVE OUTDOOR PETS TO A SAFE INDOOR LOCATION BY THIS EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 7 PM. AS KATRINA DRAWS CLOSER TONIGHT...THE WINDS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 MAY REACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...STARTING AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 50 MPH IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...ANY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ...FLOODING IMPACTS... THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH 7 PM...WITH MORE RAINBANDS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. FURTHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH 7 PM ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION BEFORE MIDNIGHT... WITH CONTINUOUS RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CURRENT ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE GEORGIA BORDER. THE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 PM CDT. $$ TROUTMAN ** WTJP31 RJTD 292100 *** WARNING 292100. WARNING VALID 302100. STORM WARNING. SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 0514 NABI (0514) UPGRADED FROM TROPICAL STORM 985 HPA AT 15.2N 150.9E MARIANAS MOVING WEST 06 KNOTS. POSITION FAIR. MAX WINDS 50 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. RADIUS OF OVER 30 KNOT WINDS 100 MILES SOUTHWEST SEMICIRCLE AND 80 MILES ELSEWHERE. FORECAST POSITION FOR 302100UTC AT 16.3N 146.2E WITH 80 MILE RADIUS OF 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY CIRCLE. 975 HPA, MAX WINDS 60 KNOTS NEAR CENTER. JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.= ** WTPQ20 RJTD 292100 *** RSMC TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY NAME STS 0514 NABI (0514) UPGRADED FROM TS ANALYSIS PSTN 292100UTC 15.2N 150.9E FAIR MOVE W 06KT PRES 985HPA MXWD 050KT 30KT 100NM SOUTHWEST 80NM NORTHEAST FORECAST 24HF 302100UTC 16.3N 146.2E 80NM 70% MOVE W 11KT PRES 975HPA MXWD 060KT 45HF 311800UTC 17.3N 143.0E 150NM 70% MOVE W 08KT PRES 970HPA MXWD 065KT 69HF 011800UTC 18.6N 140.1E 220NM 70% MOVE WNW 07KT PRES 955HPA MXWD 075KT = ** WTUS84 KBMX 292209 *** HLSBMX ALZ011>015-017-022>027-030>036-039>044-049-300015- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 500 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HURRICANE KATRINA IS WEAKENING...BUT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES STILL A THREAT TO CENTRAL ALABAMA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND WEST...TO THE MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA STATE LINE UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65... EAST OF ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND EAST...TO THE ALABAMA GEORGIA STATE LINE UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...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 DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. A WIND GUST OF 81 MPH WAS REPORTED AT MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR NECESSARY PREPARATION PLANS. OUTER RAIN BANDS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON PRODUCING ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE REPORTS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA...DUE TO THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. IF THE POWER OUTAGES LAST FOR ANY DURATION AND A GENERATOR IS NECESSARY... PLEASE REMEMBER THAT GENERATOR USE INDOORS CAN BE DEADLY DUE TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE GAS PRODUCED. GENERATORS SHOULD NOT BE USED INDOORS...BUT IF NO ALTERNATIVE EXISTS...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING GENERATORS INDOORS AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR THE MACHINE. SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INDOORS. BRING YOUR PETS INDOORS. FLOODING... ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE A PROBLEM DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA. FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHERE WATER CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED IN THE DARK. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. ...WIND IMPACTS... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HURRICANE TRACK...AFFECTING AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 75 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL EXTEND AS FAR EAST AS INTERSTATE 65...FROM ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...AND WHERE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. LOCATIONS EAST OF ONEONTA...TO ROCKFORD...TO TROY...CAN EXPECT WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS AT THESE SPEEDS...IN COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS...CAN TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... KATRINA IS MOVING FASTER NORTHWARD THAN EXPECTED...AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD. FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES. AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM KATRINA WILL CAUSE MAINLY MINOR RIVER FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE WATER BEGINS RISING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. EVACUATIONS FROM LOWLANDS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. ...TORNADO THREAT... AS RAIN BANDS ROTATE NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEY WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADOES. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD AS THE CENTER OF KATRINA MOVES NORTHWARD. ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE ACCESS NUMBER IS 1-888-588-2848. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEB SITE...AT HTTP://WWW.DOT.STATE.AL.US/. TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888- 2726. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...OR DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE KATRINA...CALL OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 PM CDT. && $$ ** WTPH RPLL 291800 *** TTT TYPHOON WARNING 04 AT 1800 29 AUGUST, TYPHOON (TALIM) (0513) WAS LOCATED BASED ON SATELLITE AND SURFACE DATA AT 21.2N 130.6E MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 05MPS ROUGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 450KMS RADIUS FROM CENTER ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE 954 HECTOPASCALS MAXIMUM WINDS 45MPS NEAR CENTER 33MPS WITHIN 250KMS RADIUS 13MPS WITHIN 450KMS ELSEWHERE FORECAST POSITIONS AT 301800 22.0N 125.6E AND AT 311800 23.4N 120.5E ALL SHIPS WITHIN TYPHOON AREA ARE REQUESTED TO SEND 3-HOURLY WEATHER REPORTS TO WEATHER MANILA PD= ** WTUS84 KMOB 292252 *** HLSMOB ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300331- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 551 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES WEAKENING OVER MISSISSIPPI... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH... MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA BORDER. THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT BHMNPWMOB FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CST. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 545 PM CDT...HURRICANE KATRINA HAD MOVED WELL NORTH OF OUR REGION. KATRINA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. 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. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THIS EVENING. ...WIND IMPACTS... AS KATRINA EXITS OUR REGION...WINDS WILL GENERALLY FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN AREAS WHERE TROPICAL STORM AND INLNAD TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT. ...RIP CURRENTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ...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. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 12 INCHES EXIST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AROUND 1030 PM CDT. $$ MEDLIN ** WTPQ81 PGUM 292315 *** HLSPQ1 GUZ001-002-003-004-PMZ154-300500- TROPICAL STORM NABI (14W) LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 900 AM GUAM LST TUE AUG 30 2005 ...NABI (14W) NOW A TROPICAL STORM... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROTA...TINIAN... SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. HOWEVEVER...IF NABI DOES STRENGHTEN FURTHER OR TAKES A TRACK FURTHER SOUTH A TYPHOON WARNING MAYBE NEEDED LATER ON. FOR GUAM...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... IF A SIGNIFICANT SOUTHWARD SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK OR MORE RAPID INTENSIFICATION OCCURS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH OR WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 7 AM GUAM LST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NABI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.9 DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 420 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN 390 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN 340 MILES EAST OF SAIPAN 350 MILES EAST OF TINIAN 390 MILES EAST OF ROTA...AND 430 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 45 MPH. TROPICAL STORM NABI IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. TROPICAL STORM NABI COULD BECOME A TYPHOON LATE TONIGHT. ...ROTA... PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH MAY ARRIVE TONIGHT. REVIEW YOUR DISASTER PLAN AND BE SURE YOUR DISASTER KITS ARE WELL STOCKED. SECURE OUTSIDE FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS. MOVE SMALL BOATS TO SAFE HAVEN. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE SAIPAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. ...WIND INFORMATION... NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL SHIFT WEST AND INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY THEN SLOWLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS NABI MOVES NORTHWEST OF ROTA. ...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... SURF WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT 7 TO 9 FT ON ALL EXPOSURES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO ONE FOOT IS POSSIBLE. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ...TINIAN AND SAIPAN... PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH MAY ARRIVE TONIGHT. REVIEW YOUR DISASTER PLAN AND BE SURE YOUR DISASTER KITS ARE WELL STOCKED. SECURE OUTSIDE FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS. MOVE SMALL BOATS TO SAFE HAVEN. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE SAIPAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. ...WIND INFORMATION... NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL INCREASE TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY THEN SLOWLY DECREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS NABI MOVES NORTHWEST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN. ...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... SURF WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT 7 TO 9 FT ON ALL EXPOSURES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO ONE FOOT IS POSSIBLE. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ...AGRIHAN... PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS...WHICH MAY ARRIVE TONIGHT. REVIEW YOUR DISASTER PLAN AND BE SURE YOUR DISASTER KITS ARE WELL STOCKED. SECURE OUTSIDE FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS. MOVE SMALL BOATS TO SAFE HAVEN. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE SAIPAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. ...WIND INFORMATION... NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTH TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY THEN SLOWLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS NABI MOVES WESTWARD AWAY FROM AGRIHAN. ...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION... SURF WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT 7 TO 9 FT ON ALL EXPOSURES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION UP TO ONE FOOT IS POSSIBLE. ...OTHER STORM EFFECTS... 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 3 PM GUAM LST TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR SOONER IF NEEDED. CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. $$ ** WTNT32 KNHC 292338 *** TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KATRINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA NOW A TROPICAL STORM BUT STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS REMAIN A THREAT... 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 LATER THIS EVENING. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK KATRINA WILL BE MOVING OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA TONIGHT AND ACROSS WEST- CENTRAL TENNESSEE BY EARLY TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ALTHOUGH KATRINA IS NO LONGER A HURRICANE...KATRINA'S WINDS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...WILL ACCOMPANY KATRINA FROM THE GULF COAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EASTERN... AND NORTHERN ALABAMA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF WESTERN GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...32.9 N... 88.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN $$