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...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE IDA IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND IS
NOW DOWN TO A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE WITH FURTHER WEAKENING EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO
TUESDAY...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE SOME POWER OUTAGES...THUS MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ON HAND NON- PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS...LIKE CANNED GOODS AND
BOTTLED WATER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING
MINOR DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES. SECURE LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS...LIKE
GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE. THESE ITEMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME PROJECTILES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM
AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 70
PERCENT.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO
55 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.

...INLAND FLOODING...
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF HURRICANE IDA...STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING IN URBANIZED AREAS AS WELL AS FOR RISES IN RIVER LEVELS
TO NEAR MINOR FLOOD STAGE IN THE DAYS AHEAD.