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...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

..NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.

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

MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RUSH TO
COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING
SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS.

IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING
STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS
ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME.
REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO
CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER.

IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND
KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL
APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER
BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND
FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT.

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IDA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. A HURRICANE WIND WARNING
IS ISSUED WHEN A LANDFALLING HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WELL INLAND. SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE...POWER
OUTAGES...BLOWING DEBRIS...AND FALLEN TREES CAN BE EXPECTED AS
WINDS REACH OR EXCEED 74 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. TIDES WILL CONTINUE
TO RISE AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THESE
HIGH TIDE LEVELS MAY LEAD TO SOME ROAD CLOSURES BY MONDAY MORNING.
MINOR STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS HURRICANE IDA MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. SOME NON ELEVATED HOMES IN
THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. MINOR TO MODERATE TIDAL
FLOODING OF PROPERTY AND PERHAPS SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS
MAY OCCUR DURING HIGH TIDE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...LOWER
JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST.
BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...ST. CHARLES...ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...UPPER JEFFERSON...
UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...
UPPER TERREBONNE AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE AND WALTHALL.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM LATE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
MODERATE DURATIONS OF HEAVIER RAIN MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS INCLUDE A LIKELIHOOD OF NUISANCE STREET FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER RAIN INTENSITIES THAT MAY
THREATEN INUNDATION OF PROPERTY AND VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...
COMMUNITIES NEAR TIDAL INFLUENCED WATERWAYS MAY EXPERIENCE SLOW
DRAINAGE DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST ARE URGED TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION THAT MAY LAST
FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS AS TIDES RISE ABOVE NORMAL TO AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5
FEET TONIGHT AND 5 TO 7 FEET ON MONDAY. TIDES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
BE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG EAST FACING SHORES IN ST BERNARD AND PLAQUEMINES PARISH...
AND ALONG HANCOCK COUNTY. CURRENTLY...TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1 TO
2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

&&

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.

NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS IDA MOVES ACROSS THE
NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN TURNS NORTHEAST AWAY FROM
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST TUESDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST ARE URGED TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION THAT MAY LAST
FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS AS TIDES RISE ABOVE NORMAL TO AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5
FEET TONIGHT AND 5 TO 6 FEET ON MONDAY. TIDES ARE STILL EXPECTED
TO BE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG EAST FACING SHORES IN ST BERNARD AND PLAQUEMINES PARISH...
AND ALONG HANCOCK COUNTY. CURRENTLY...TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1
FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS SHOULD
INCLUDE REMOVAL OF MACHINERY...VEHICLES AND OTHER MOVABLE
PROPERTY OUT OF AREAS PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. ACCESS ROADS INTO TIDAL MARSHES...MARINAS AND AREA
CAMPS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME INUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE FOR LENGTHY
PERIODS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY.
SOME MINOR INUNDATION MAY BE REALIZED AS EARLY AS TODAY.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO OR THE
INTERNET FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING
EPISODE. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
THE COAST AT ANY TIME THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

&&

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVELS AND
PERSIST AT HIGHER LEVELS DURING THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE IN THE ANNUAL HIGH SPRING TIDE CYCLE
WHICH HAVE LARGER RANGES THAN NORMAL. THE AUGMENTATION OF WAVE
ACTION AND STRONG EASTERLY WIND GRADIENTS WILL DEVELOP A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES THAT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY
REALIZED DURING DAILY HIGH TIDES BUT COULD ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE LOW TIDE PORTIONS OF THE CYCLE THIS WEEKEND.

INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE TIDAL LAKES OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE
LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION. ALSO
INTERESTS ALONG LOWER REACHES OF RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT DRAIN INTO
THE TIDAL LAKES SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF RISING WATER LEVELS DUE TO TIDAL
EFFECTS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
IF COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED IN THE UPCOMING
DAYS. ACCESS ROADS INTO TIDAL MARSHES...MARINAS AND AREA CAMPS MAY
BECOME INUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE FOR LENGTHY PERIODS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO OR THE INTERNET
FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING EPISODE. WHILE
CONFIDENCE IS RATHER HIGH THAT ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR...THERE
REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE DEGREE OF INUNDATION. THOSE COASTAL
SECTIONS THAT FACE EAST...GENERALLY FROM BAY ST LOUIS MISSISSIPPI
TO PORT FOURCHON APPEAR MOST VULNERABLE...THOUGH HIGHER TIDES CAN
AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST
THIS WEEKEND. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY BE POSTED FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS
OR ALL OF THE SHORES ALONG MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.