NPWNEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1010 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

LAZ034>037-046>050-056-057-MSZ068-069-160930-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
LIVINGSTON-POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-WEST BATON ROUGE-
WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BATON ROUGE
1010 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

...THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVERNIGHT.

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LAZ039-MSZ070-071-077-160930-
PEARL RIVER-PIKE-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...MCCOMB...PICAYUNE
1010 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...

IN MISSISSIPPI THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PIKE...PEARL RIVER
AND WALTHALL.

IN LOUISIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES WASHINGTON PARISH.

HURRICANE IVAN IS FORECAST TO MOVE ON SHORE LATE TONIGHT IN ALABAMA
OR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WINDS WILL OCCUR AS
FAR WEST AND INLAND AS PIKE COUNTY AND WASHINGTON PARISH.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL PUSH INLAND ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH SUSTAINED
WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY.

RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS
CAN TOPPLE TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES WHICH MAY BE BLOWN DOWN ONTO
POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO SMALL OR WEAKENED
STRUCTURES MAY ALSO OCCUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN
WEATHER INFORMATION.

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