NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 842 AM Eye Wall Wind Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
842 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...POPLARVILLE...PICAYUNE

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 838 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HURRICANE KATRINA EYEWALL APPROACHING THE 
SOUTHERN PORTION OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY. 

* THE ONSET OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL 
BEGIN SOON. THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE SIMILAR 
TO A TORNADO. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN 
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 
AND REMAIN IN YOUR SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE EYEWALL PASSES.

LAT...LON 3062 8980 3043 8969 3053 8955 3066 8954
      3066 8933 3091 8934 3084 8981

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