Event: Tropical Storm Watch Alert: ...KAREN EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON SATURDAY... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED POSITION INFORMATION. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...HANCOCK... HARRISON AND JACKSON. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ST. TAMMANY...ASCENSION...LIVINGSTON...ASSUMPTION...ST. JAMES... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...UPPER LAFOURCHE...ST. CHARLES...UPPER JEFFERSON...ORLEANS...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD... UPPER TERREBONNE...LOWER TERREBONNE...LOWER LAFOURCHE AND SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS. ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...POINTE COUPEE...WEST FELICIANA... EAST FELICIANA...ST. HELENA...WASHINGTON...IBERVILLE...WEST BATON ROUGE...EAST BATON ROUGE...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA...WILKINSON... AMITE...PIKE...WALTHALL AND PEARL RIVER...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL A CONCERN. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 12 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9N...LONGITUDE 88.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LA...OR ABOUT 520 MILES SOUTH OF GULFPORT MS. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 65 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM KAREN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...APPROACHING SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST DAMAGING WINDS SOMEWHERE WITHIN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS AROUND 5 PM CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM KAREN MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. GUSTS ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM KAREN. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. GIVEN THE LATEST FORECAST...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS TO RESULT IN FLOOD INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A GENERAL CONCERN FOR THE CHANCE OF AREAS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. ...INLAND FLOODING... THERE IS A LOW THREAT OF INLAND FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. Instructions: FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN PREPARING YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ACCORDING TO YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE READY TO EVACUATE IF NECESSARY. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PERFORM THE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...BEGIN TO SAFELY SECURE YOUR CRAFT AND MAKE PLANS TO LEAVE IT FOR ADEQUATE LAND BASED SHELTER. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Target Area: Ascension Assumption Livingston Lower Lafourche Lower Terrebonne Orleans Southern Tangipahoa St. Charles St. James St. John The Baptist St. Tammany Upper Jefferson Upper Lafourche Upper Plaquemines Upper St. Bernard Upper Terrebonne Issued by The National Weather Service office in New Orleans
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