HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1020 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004
...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERAL PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAVE ISSUED VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION ORDERS INCLUDING ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON. ST BERNARD HAS
ISSUED A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDER FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE
...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES ARE CURRENTLY NEAR 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. DUE TO THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE
IVAN...TIDES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY.
EXTREME STORM SURGE VALUES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE
POSSIBLE IF IVANS TRACK SHIFTS WEST TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST
OR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
...WIND IMPACTS....
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL
AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM WINDS...WINDS OF 40 MPH
OR HIGHER...WILL SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL AREA MID DAY WEDNESDAY...
THEN SPREAD INLAND. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE HURRICANE
IVAN...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY NIGHT