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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
700 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

..ARLENE CONTINUES TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AS A STRONG
TROPICAL STORM...

..A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...

..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO WEST OF PASCAGOULA
MISSISSIPPI...

..AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...

JEFFERSON...LIVINGSTON...ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...ST BERNARD...
ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST TAMMANY AND TANGIPAHOA.

IN ADDITION....THIS STATEMENT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN MISSISSIPPI...

HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON.

RESIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE CONDITIONS INCLUDING...HURRICANE FORCE WIND
GUSTS...75 MPH AND HIGHER...AND TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDE LEVELS.

RESIDENTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST SHOULD PREPARE
FOR ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...40 MPH OR
HIGHER...AND OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING COASTAL
AREAS AND NEAR TIDAL LAKES OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SHOULD TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY EXPOSED TO TIDAL FLOODING. RESIDENTS
SHOULD FOLLOW ADVICE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

..STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...

TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST AREAS.
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...TIDES WILL INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA
OF JACKSON COUNTY.

OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...TIDES WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL...WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS OUTSIDE
OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION AREAS IN AREAS OF ST BERNARD...
PLAQUEMINES AND EASTERN ORLEANS PARISHES. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR AROUND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND GRAND ISLE
LATER TODAY.

..WIND IMPACTS....

NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER
SHOULD AFFECT COASTAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER
TODAY. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST THIS
MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN
JACKSON COUNTY.

..RAINFALL...

VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SQUALLS WILL LIKELY IMPACT JACKSON COUNTY THIS
MORNING WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 5 INCHES.

ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER HANCOCK
AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY
OCCUR OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH TODAY.

..NEXT UPDATE....

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030 AM CDT.