TORNADO WATCH
Issue Date: 307 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

Expires:200912250000;;
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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 808
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
307 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 808 FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN LOUISIANA THIS CANCELS 1 PARISH
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
PLAQUEMINES
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BELLE CHASSE AND PORT SULPHUR.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1110 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 630 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

Expires:200912250030;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1101 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-
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PASCAGOULA TO SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
PASCAGOULA TO SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER 20-60 NM OUT-
SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM-
SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER 20-60 NM OUT-AMITE-
ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS-
LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-
POINTE COUPEE-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-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
1101 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM AROUND WOODVILLE THROUGH THE
BATON ROUGE AREA TO NEAR HOUMA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND
AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS SQUALL LINE WILL BE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  TORNADO
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN VERY SATURATED SOIL ACROSS
THE AREA. THIS MAY LEAD TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL POTENTIAL FOR
SHALLOWLY ROOTED TREES TO BE UPROOTED BY STRONG WINDS.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
AND TIDAL LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. SEAS NEAR SHORE OF 5 TO 9 FEET AND 9 TO 11 FEET
OFFSHORE.
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 7
TO 9 FEET ARE EXPECTED.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AS
WELL AS SOUTHERN AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHERS SERVICE OFFICE IN
SLIDELL OR TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Issue Date: 459 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 900 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED LATER TODAY...
.STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TIDES
TO RISE ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS TODAY...REACHING AS HIGH AS TWO
FEET ABOVE NORMAL PREDICTED LEVELS. TIDE GAGES INDICATED RISING
WATER LEVELS EVEN AS ASTRONOMICAL TIDES APPROACH THE PREDICTED LOW
TIDE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST...MAINLY FROM GRANDE ISLE WESTWARD...BY MID
AFTERNOON...AND THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTLINE LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT AND HELP LOWER WATER LEVELS AFTER THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
LEVELS THAT CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE LOWEST LYING
AREAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND THE EAST FACING SHORES OF
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...OUTSIDE THE LEVEE PROTECTION...FROM
SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL
RIVER.
LAZ040-062-064-069-070-MSZ080>082-241900-
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ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
459 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TIDES
TO RISE ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS TODAY...REACHING AS HIGH AS TWO
FEET ABOVE NORMAL PREDICTED LEVELS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
LEVELS THAT CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE LOWEST LYING
AREAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND THE EAST FACING SHORES OF
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...OUTSIDE THE LEVEE PROTECTION
SYSTEM...FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE
MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND CAUSE WATER
LEVELS TO DROP AS WINDS TURN TO WESTERLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
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