National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
400 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

KATRINA...NOW A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE WITH WINDS OF 75 MPH AND
HIGHER GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST-
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HAVE SETTLED AS
KATRINA MOVES OFF.

ADDITIONAL DAMAGE CREATED BY KATRINAS WINDS WILL BE SMALL AS
COMPARED TO THE DAMAGE INFLICTED UPON THE AREA AS SHE CAME ONSHORE...
BUT MORE DAMAGE MAY STILL OCCUR AS WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ARE
AVERAGING TROPICAL STORM LEVELS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...FALLING
BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY LATE EVENING.

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LAZ037>040-049-050-057>070-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-300300-
ASCENSION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...GRAND ISLE...GULFPORT...
HAMMOND...HOUMA...MCCOMB...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS...PASCAGOULA...
PICAYUNE...SLIDELL
400 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED...

HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI. WINDS HAVE SETTLED TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM LEVELS...BUT
ARE STILL FREQUENTLY GUSTING ABOVE. THUS...THE INLAND HURRICANE
WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS THE WINDS MAY LOOSEN TREES ALREADY WEAKENED
BY THE DEVASTATING WINDS CROSSING THE AREA TODAY.

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LAZ034>036-046>048-056-MSZ068-069-300300-
AMITE-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BATON ROUGE
400 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THUS THE INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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