NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 2005 1049 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
1049 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
  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THE EYE OF 
DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH ACROSS HANCOCK 
AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...AND ST TAMMANY AND 
WASHINGTON PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.  THE INTENSE EYEWALL 
WINDS AROUND THE CENTER OF KATRINA ARE AFFECTING THE NORTH SHORE 
AREA OF LAKE PONCHARTRAIN NORTHWARD INTO WASHINGTON PARISH...AS WELL 
AS FROM AROUND THE GULFPORT AREA NORTHWESTWARD INTO PEARL RIVER 
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.  THE EYEWALL WAS MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH.

* DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL BE NOTED NEAR 
THE EYE OF KATRINA. 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 3037 9005 3019 8975 3028 8940 3034 8909
      3069 8895 3070 8933 3097 8931 3102 8979
      3119 9004

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