NPWNEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1208 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2002

...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF
   INLAND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
   SECTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

.HURRICANE LILI HAS MOVED INLAND EARLY THIS MORNING AND NEAR NOON 
LILI HAD MOVED TO JUST WEST OF NEW IBERIA. AS LILI CONTINUES TO MOVE
NORTH AND FURTHER INLAND...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS 
WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM.

LAZ034-035-MSZ068-032130-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
1208 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2002

...AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY...

HURRICANE LILI HAS MADE LANDFALL AND IS JUST WEST OF NEW IBERIA.
LILI IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTH AND BRING HURRICANE FORCE 
WINDS TO SOME INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST 
MISSISSIPPI FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TODAY.

THE INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING INCLUDES THE PARISHES OF POINTE
COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WILKINSON
COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH AS HIGH AS 65 TO 75 MPH...MOSTLY IN GUSTS
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TODAY AS HURRICANE LILI MOVES NORTH.

WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DOWNED
TREES AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. ADDITIONALLY...MOBILE
HOMES AND ROOFS CAN SUSTAIN DAMAGE. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND MONITOR LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING
THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID ELEVATED FREEWAYS AND BRIDGES.

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LAZ036-037-039-MSZ069>071-077-032130-
AMITE-EAST FELICIANA-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-ST 
HELENA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-INCLUDING THE CITIES 
OF...BOGALUSA...MCCOMB...PICAYUNE 
1208 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2002

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY...

HURRICANE LILI MADE LANDFALL ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF LOUISIANA
EARLY THIS MORNING AND ABOUT NOON WAS JUST WEST OF NEW IBERIA.
THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND BRING TROPICAL FORCE WINDS 
TO SOME INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI 
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TODAY.

THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING INCLUDES THE PARISHES OF
EAST FELICIANA...ST. HELENA AND WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
THE COUNTIES OF AMITE...PIKE...WALTHALL AND PEARL RIVER IN SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI.

WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
55 MPH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TODAY AS HURRICANE LILI MOVES NORTH.

WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN SNAP NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS...DOWN SOME
TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SECURE
LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND MONITOR LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID ELEVATED FREEWAYS AND BRIDGES.

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