NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Sat Aug 27 2005 332 PM CDT Inland Hurricane Watch

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 332 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...KATRINA CONTINUES WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO... LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-280930- ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- ORLEANS-ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY- TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- 332 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST. A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST. HURRICANE KATRINA...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE STORM MAKES A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED WELL AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. REMEMBER...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...SHEDS...ROOF TILES AND TOPPLE BILLBOARDS...TREES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RUSH ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO COMPLETION. $$ LAZ034>037-039-046>049-MSZ068>071-077-280930- AMITE-ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE- PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. HELENA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 332 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH FOR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. HURRICANE KATRINA...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE STORM MAKES A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED WELL AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. REMEMBER...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...SHEDS...ROOF TILES AND TOPPLE BILLBOARDS...TREES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RUSH ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO COMPLETION. $$