NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 943 AM CDT Eye Wall Wind Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
943 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE LEADING EDGE OF INTENSE EYEWALL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH VERY 
DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THIS LINE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTENSIVE 
DAMAGING WINDS FROM 15 MILES EAST OF PICAYUNE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF PEARL RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 18 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ABITA SPRINGS BY 1020 AM CDT
  POPLARVILLE BY 1030 AM CDT

THE ONSET OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL BE 
NOTED WITH THIS LINE. THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND 
DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO OVER LARGE AREAS. 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 3042 8935 3045 8958 3034 8975 3023 8984
      3048 9010 3076 9005 3093 8983 3096 8936

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