Post by SKYSUMMIT on Jan 14, 2008 15:59:23 GMT -6
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
400 AM CST TUE JAN 15 2008
LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-152200-
ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-
ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
400 AM CST TUE JAN 15 2008
...LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE GULF WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG
WINDS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY...
AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA IS THEN
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...REACHING THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL INTERACT WITH A
LARGE AND RETREATING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED
STATES RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY.
STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH MAY START
TO IMPACT COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA LATE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THESE
STRONG WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST TOWARD THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST BY MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG
WINDS AND RISING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 3
FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE ASTRONOMICAL LOW TIDE LEVELS EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS INCREASE MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL
AREAS...OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM...FROM WAVELAND
MISSISSIPPI TO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKES
MAUREPAS...PONTCHARTRAIN AND BORGNE...TO NEAR PORT FOURCHON
LOUISIANA.
IN ADDITION TO TIDAL CONCERNS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE STRONG
CROSS WINDS ON ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...AND STRONGER WIND GUSTS
COULD ALSO DOWN WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
WIDESPREAD RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH ISOLATED
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. THESE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS...HOWEVER...
DRAINAGE OF RAINWATER COULD BE IMPEDED BY THE HIGH TIDES IN COASTAL
AREAS.
RESIDENTS AND MARINERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH LOW
LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.
$$
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
400 AM CST TUE JAN 15 2008
LAZ038-040-049-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-152200-
ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-
ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
400 AM CST TUE JAN 15 2008
...LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE GULF WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG
WINDS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY...
AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA IS THEN
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...REACHING THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL INTERACT WITH A
LARGE AND RETREATING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED
STATES RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY.
STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH MAY START
TO IMPACT COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA LATE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THESE
STRONG WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST TOWARD THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST BY MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG
WINDS AND RISING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 3
FEET ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE ASTRONOMICAL LOW TIDE LEVELS EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THE TIME OF HIGH TIDES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS INCREASE MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL
AREAS...OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM...FROM WAVELAND
MISSISSIPPI TO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKES
MAUREPAS...PONTCHARTRAIN AND BORGNE...TO NEAR PORT FOURCHON
LOUISIANA.
IN ADDITION TO TIDAL CONCERNS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE STRONG
CROSS WINDS ON ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...AND STRONGER WIND GUSTS
COULD ALSO DOWN WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
WIDESPREAD RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH ISOLATED
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. THESE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS...HOWEVER...
DRAINAGE OF RAINWATER COULD BE IMPEDED BY THE HIGH TIDES IN COASTAL
AREAS.
RESIDENTS AND MARINERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH LOW
LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.
$$