NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 2005 730 PM CDT Inland Hurricane Warning

Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. through Thursday, focused from the central High Plains to the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, and dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Dangerous heat will build across the southern U.S. Friday into the weekend. Read More >

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED FIRST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS... .THE CENTER OF NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SETTLE AS KATRINA MOVES FURTHER TO THE NORTH. $$ LAZ038>040-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-300400- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA- WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...GULFPORT...HAMMOND...MCCOMB... PASCAGOULA...PICAYUNE...SLIDELL 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED... NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS HAVE SETTLED TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM LEVELS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUS...THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE AREA. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS THE WINDS MAY LOOSEN TREES ALREADY WEAKENED BY THE DEVASTATING WINDS CROSSING THE AREA EARLIER TODAY. $$ LAZ034>037-046>050-056>070-MSZ068-069-300400- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE- LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES- ST HELENA-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATON ROUGE...GRAND ISLE...HOUMA... METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE AND/OR 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 HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. $$

000 WWUS74 KLIX 300030 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS... .THE CENTER OF NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SETTLE AS KATRINA MOVES FURTHER TO THE NORTH. $$ LAZ038>040-MSZ070-071-077-080>082-300400- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA- WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...GULFPORT...HAMMOND...MCCOMB... PASCAGOULA...PICAYUNE...SLIDELL 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED... NOW TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS HAVE SETTLED TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM LEVELS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUS...THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE AREA. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS THE WINDS MAY LOOSEN TREES ALREADY WEAKENED BY THE DEVASTATING WINDS CROSSING THE AREA EARLIER TODAY. $$ LAZ034>037-046>050-056>070-MSZ068-069-300400- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE- LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES- ST HELENA-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATON ROUGE...GRAND ISLE...HOUMA... METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS 730 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE AND/OR 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 HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. $$