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WTUS84 KBMX 300547 HLSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-301000- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1243 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...DAMAGING WINDS STILL EXPECTED WITH TROPICAL STORM KATRINA... ...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 ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT....THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY OVERNIGHT. MANY ROADWAYS HAVE TREE DEBRIS COVERING THEM...AND THIS DEBRIS WILL BE NEARLY INVISIBLE CONSIDERING THE ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE STILL DEALING WITH BLOCKED ROADWAYS. MOST OF THE DAMAGING WINDS ARE ORIENTED FROM THE SOUTH...THEREFORE...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING WEST OR EAST WILL BE HIGHLY AFFECTED. ...WIND IMPACTS... WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALTHOUGH MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCED WIND DAMAGE EARLIER IN THE DAY...EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ...FLOOD IMPACTS... KATRINA IS MOVING FASTER NORTHWARD THAN EXPECTED...AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD. THEREFORE...ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. ...TORNADO THREAT... AS RAIN BANDS ROTATE NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT... THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADOES. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINAS FEEDER BANDS. ...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 DOWNED POWER LINES...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 5 AM CDT. && $$ LINHARES

WTUS84 KHUN 300541 HLSHUN ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-300900- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1240 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST ALABAMA... ...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 UNTIL 10 AM THIS 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 UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVICED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM CDT. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR HAMILTON ALABAMA IN WINSTON COUNTY ALABAMA. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MORNING AND INTO KENTUCKY LATER TODAY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE MOVE INDOORS AND STAY THERE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MOVE NORTH OUT OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MORNING. IF WATER BEGINS TO COVER THE ROAD OR RISES RAPIDLY AT YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY UNTIL MORNING. SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MORNING. ...FLOODING IMPACTS... THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A FURTHER QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA TO UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 4 AM. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS... STREAMS AND RIVERS. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 4 AM CDT. $$ TROUTMAN

WTUS84 KJAN 300308 HLSJAN MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-300600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1005 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... ALL INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AS SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER AREAS PREVIOUSLY WARNED. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...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. 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... SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA PULL NORTHWARD INTO WEST TENNESSEE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. ...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS... THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATRINA HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE RUNOFF PROBLEMS MAY CONTINUE FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL...AND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. ...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS... THE RISK OF TORNADOES HAS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA. $$ 10

WTUS84 KHUN 300305 HLSHUN ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-300600- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1007 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TOWARD NORTHWEST ALABAMA... ...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 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 IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVICED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM CDT ON TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND IN KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE MOVE INDOORS AND STAY THERE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MOVE NORTH OUT OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IF WATER BEGINS TO COVER THE ROAD OR RISES RAPIDLY AT YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ...FLOODING IMPACTS... THE RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA TO UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH 1 AM. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS... STREAMS AND RIVERS. ...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1 AM CDT. $$ 24

WTUS84 KMOB 300259 HLSMOB ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300400- TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1000 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPED FOR COASTAL AND INLAND AREAS... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...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... ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR COASTAL AREAS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE AT 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT...HURRICANE KATRINA HAS MOVED WELL NORTH OF OUR REGION AND IS CENTERED NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON TUESDAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE COAST IS STILL OCCURRING AND A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WATER LEVELS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. ...RIP CURRENTS... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS IS THE LAST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE ON THIS EVENT. $$ CULLEN

WTUS84 KLIX 300258 HLSLIX LAZ038>040-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-300400- TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 10 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ALONG THE LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTLINES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... ...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL SECTIONS AS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA PUSHES FURTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES PIKE...WALTHAM...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER. ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD ACROSS COASTAL ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON TUESDAY. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... ALTHOUGH THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR KATRINA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...COASTAL FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH THE NIGHT DUE TO CONTINUED MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE OCCURRING ONCE AGAIN AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH TONIGHT. ...WIND IMPACTS... AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG WITH SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. ...TORNADOES... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FURTHER TO THE NORTH. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ...RAINFALL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED IN REFERENCE TO TROPICAL STORM KATRINA. $$ DARBE

WTUS84 KBMX 300255 HLSBMX ALZ011>015-017-022>027-030>036-039>044-049-300600- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 954 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MOVING OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... ...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 5 AM TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10 PM CDT....THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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... THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INNER FEEDER BANDS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 POSSIBLE...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 OVERNIGHT... THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADOES. ...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 DOWNED POWER LINES...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 1 AM CDT. && $$

WTNT72 KNHC 300232 SPFAT2 TROPICAL STORM KATRINA PROBABILITIES NUMBER 29 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 PROBABILITIES FOR GUIDANCE IN HURRICANE PROTECTION PLANNING BY GOVERNMENT AND DISASTER OFFICIALS AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST CHANCES OF CENTER OF THE STORM PASSING WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES OF LISTED LOCATIONS THROUGH 7PM CDT THU SEP 1 2005 LOCATION A B C D E LOCATION A B C D E 39.4N 84.1W 35 1 X X 36 PORTLAND ME X X 7 3 10 42.5N 80.0W 1 20 3 X 24 BAR HARBOR ME X X 4 5 9 46.0N 73.5W X X 12 2 14 EASTPORT ME X X 2 6 8 NORFOLK VA X 1 1 X 2 ST JOHN NB X X 1 7 8 OCEAN CITY MD X 1 2 1 4 MONCTON NB X X 1 6 7 ATLANTIC CITY NJ X 2 4 X 6 YARMOUTH NS X X 1 5 6 NEW YORK CITY NY X 1 7 X 8 HALIFAX NS X X X 5 5 MONTAUK POINT NY X X 6 1 7 SABLE ISLAND NS X X X 2 2 PROVIDENCE RI X X 6 2 8 SYDNEY NS X X X 3 3 NANTUCKET MA X X 4 2 6 EDDY POINT NS X X X 4 4 HYANNIS MA X X 5 2 7 PTX BASQUES NFLD X X X 3 3 BOSTON MA X X 7 2 9 BURGEO NFLD X X X 2 2 COLUMN DEFINITION PROBABILITIES IN PERCENT A IS PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 7PM TUE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL PROBABILITIES B FROM 7PM TUE TO 7AM WED C FROM 7AM WED TO 7PM WED D FROM 7PM WED TO 7PM THU E IS TOTAL PROBABILITY FROM NOW TO 7PM THU X MEANS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT FORECASTER FRANKLIN $$

WTNT22 KNHC 300231 TCMAT2 TROPICAL STORM KATRINA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 29 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL122005 0300Z TUE AUG 30 2005 AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...ALL COASTAL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.5N 88.5W AT 30/0300Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 20 DEGREES AT 19 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 973 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT. 50 KT....... 50NE 60SE 0SW 0NW. 34 KT....... 75NE 90SE 90SW 50NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 0NE 400SE 300SW 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 33.5N 88.5W AT 30/0300Z AT 30/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.8N 88.8W FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 36.3N 87.1W...INLAND MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 75NE 75SE 50SW 50NW. FORECAST VALID 31/0000Z 39.4N 84.1W...INLAND MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 42.5N 80.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 46.0N 73.5W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 52.0N 68.5W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 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 03/0000Z...ABSORBED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.5N 88.5W NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/0900Z FORECASTER FRANKLIN $$

WTNT32 KNHC 300230 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 29 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...ALL COASTAL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BY DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS STILL OCCURRING BUT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH KATRINA ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER EASTERN ALABAMA... CENTRAL AND WESTERN GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...33.5 N... 88.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN $$

WTUS84 KLIX 300114 HLSLIX LAZ038>040-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-300301- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 813 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...LEAVING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND FLOODING ACROSS BOTH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI IN HER WAKE... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO COASTAL ALABAMA... ...EXTENSIVE AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING REMAINS IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA... ...AREAS AFFECTED... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST BERNARD...ORLEANS... JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINES...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON. IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED THIS EVENING. ...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND HANCOCK... HARRISON...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION PLEASE REFER TO THE PRODUCT NEWNPWLIX. TORNADO WATCHES FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH...AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING SUSTAINED AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WELL AROUND THE STORMS CENTER. ...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AND STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM THROUGH THE EVENING. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK. ...WIND IMPACTS... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM PRODUCING SUSTAINED AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WELL OUT FROM THE CENTER IS ALL DIRECTION. ...TORNADOES... THE TORNADO THREAT WILL HAS DIMINISHED AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FURTHER TO THE NORTH. ...RAINFALL... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE RAINFALL HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED OR ENDED FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THESE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POUR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND THESE AREAS WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM CDT. $$ DARBE

WTUS84 KBMX 300035 HLSBMX ALZ011>015-017-022>027-030>036-039>044-049-300300- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM... ...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 5 AM TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 7 PM CDT...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. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ...WIND IMPACTS... 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 70 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 POSSIBLE...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 OVERNIGHT...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED TREAT OF TORNADOES. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD AS THE CENTER OF KATRINA MOVES FARTHER NORTH. ...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 10 PM CDT. && $$

WTUS84 KJAN 300018 HLSJAN MSZ025>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-300500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 715 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...KATRINA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS STILL PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT THREAT... ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS...FRANKLIN... JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...WARREN...HINDS...RANKIN...SMITH...JASPER... CLARKE...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...YAZOO...LEAKE... NESHOBA...KEMPER...HOLMES...ATTALLA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...LEFLORE... CARROLL...GRENADA...MONTGOMERY...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES... WEBSTER...AND CLAY COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHILE THE STORM HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM...IT STILL PRESENTS A STRONG WIND THREAT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER WIND GUSTS...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT SEE HEAVY RAIN BANDS. AREAS LIKELY TO SEE THESE HIGHER GUSTS ARE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING LOCATIONS SUCH AS MERIDIAN...STARKVILLE...AND COLUMBUS. THIS IS STILL A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY! 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 HIGHWAYS 84 AND 98 CORRIDOR AND REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ARE WIDESPREAD. IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...WINDS OF 45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY STILL 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. THE RIVER FLOODING WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PEARL AND PASCAGOULA BASINS AT THIS TIME. AS OF 730 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. ...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS... THE RISK OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS LONG AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM REMAINS IN THE AREA. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT CDT. $$ BCC

WTUS84 KHUN 300011 HLSHUN ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-300100- HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 710 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TOWARD NORTHWEST ALABAMA... ...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 WILL BE 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 WILL BE 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM CDT ON TUESDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA...IN EAST CENTRAL 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 TO REACH THE AREA BY MID TO 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 AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH BY 9 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. SPECIFICALLY...AN AREA OF HIGH WINDS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA WILL MOVE INTO CULLMAN COUNTY ALABAMA BY 730 PM...AND INTO FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTIES BY 8 PM. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THESE AREAS TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. THE HIGHER WINDS WILL THEN MOVE INTO LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE AND MADISON COUNTIES BY AROUND 9 PM...AND INTO LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY AROUND 10 PM. FOR AREAS MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TONIGHT SHOULD 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 THE EVENING WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH 10 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH 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 MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10 PM CDT. $$ TROUTMAN

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 $$

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

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. && $$

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

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

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 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. $$

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 $$

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 $$

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

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

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 $$

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 $$

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

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 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 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 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 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 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

This data is from the IWIN (Interactive Weather Information Network)