
Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail are expected this afternoon and evening from the Upper Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, and from the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic States. Excessive rainfall from heavy thunderstorms may produce areas of flash flooding from southern New Mexico into the western and northern Gulf Coast into Wednesday. Read More >
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1027 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 CORRECTED HAZARD EXPIRATION TIME ...KATRINA CONTINUES WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GULF... LAZ038-040-050-056>070-272130- ASSUMPTION-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS- ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA- UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD- UPPER TERREBONNE- 1027 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA. A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. HURRICANE KATRINA...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF...IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE STORM MAKES A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED WELL AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. REMEMBER...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...SHEDS...ROOF TILES AND TOPPLE BILLBOARDS...TREES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RUSH ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO COMPLETION. $$ LAZ034>037-039-046>049-272130- ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-POINTE COUPEE- ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA- 1027 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH FOR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA INCLUDING THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA. HURRICANE KATRINA...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF...IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE STORM MAKES A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED WELL AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. REMEMBER...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...SHEDS...ROOF TILES AND TOPPLE BILLBOARDS...TREES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RUSH ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO COMPLETION. $$