URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
332 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...KATRINA CONTINUES WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GULF...

LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-280930-
ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-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-
332 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
HURRICANE WIND WATCH FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.

A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.

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.

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LAZ034>037-039-046>049-MSZ068>071-077-280930-
AMITE-ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. HELENA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-
WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
332 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
HURRICANE WIND WATCH FOR THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.

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.

$$