NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 2005 619 AM CDT Inland Hurricane Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
619 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING ACROSS LOWER
   PLAQUEMINES PARISH...
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...


THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. MANY WINDOWS WILL
BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED.

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LAZ037>040-049-050-057>070-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-291700-
ASCENSION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BILOXI...GULFPORT...BOGALUSA...
GRAND ISLE...HAMMOND...HOUMA...MCCOMB...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS...
PASCAGOULA...PICAYUNE...SLIDELL
619 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. HURRICANE
FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE OVERSPREADING THE COASTAL PARISHES
AT THIS TIME AND HURRICANE GUSTS ARE AS FAR NORTH AS LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN AS OF 6 AM CDT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO ONSET FARTHER NORTH BY MID-MORNING AND PERSIST
FOR 5 TO 8 HOURS.  MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS AROUND 175 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS

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LAZ034>036-046>048-056-MSZ068-069-291700-
AMITE-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BATON ROUGE
619 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

HURRICANE KATRINA WAS MOVING ONSHORE NEAR EMPIRE LOUISIANA AT 6 AM
CDT. THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL EXTEND WESTWARD GENERALLY
WEST OF A LIBERTY TO DENHAM SPRINGS TO LABADIEVILLE AND CONTINUES TO
APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OF 80 TO 90 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE IN EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS ONCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONSET

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