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Hurricane Local Statement 1, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this hurricane local statement at Aug 31, 2008, 4:02 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2008, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
All 48 counties
Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, McCurtain County, OK, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WTUS84 KSHV 312102
HLSSHV
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
402 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...GUSTAV CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE LOUISIANA COAST...
.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD
MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS...
BUT GUSTAV COULD REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ153-166-167-010300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TI.A.0001.080902T0000Z-080903T0000Z/
LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
402 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...BIENVILLE...
LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...OUACHITA...CALDWELL...
LA SALLE.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
...STORM INFORMATION...
.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD
MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS...
BUT GUSTAV COULD REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR
EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEGINNING
MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MUCH OF THE
DAY TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE MONDAY NIGHT
AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS WELL.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ASSUMING THAT THE REMNANTS
OF GUSTAV SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO THE REGION...WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES THROUGH LATE WEEK.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM GUSTAV
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT WILL BE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
10 PM CDT.
$$
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-165-010300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.HU.S.0001.080831T2102Z-000000T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
402 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
...STORM INFORMATION...
.AT 400 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON FORECAST TRACK...GUSTAV SHOULD
MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS...
BUT GUSTAV COULD REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT
COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED RAIN
THREAT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ASSUMING THAT THE REMNANTS
OF GUSTAV SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO THE REGION...WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES THROUGH LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS WELL
AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM GUSTAV
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT WILL BE
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
10 PM CDT.
$$
137 follow-up statements
000
WTUS84 KSHV 010311
HLSSHV
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1011 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...GUSTAV CLOSING IN ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...
.AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WOULD REACH THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TOMORROW. A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANDFALL...WITH
HURRICANE GUSTAV REACHING THE COAST POSSIBLY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA AIRCRAFT
RECONNAISSANCE DATA WAS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES.
LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ153-166-167-020315-
/O.EXT.KSHV.TI.A.0001.080901T1800Z-080903T0000Z/
LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
1011 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY
AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...
BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...
OUACHITA...CALDWELL... LA SALLE.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
...STORM INFORMATION...
.AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WOULD REACH THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TOMORROW. A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANDFALL...WITH
HURRICANE GUSTAV REACHING THE COAST POSSIBLY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA AIRCRAFT
RECONNAISSANCE DATA WAS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR PROTECTING
LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO LARGE TO
BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS EARLY AS
MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MUCH
OF THE DAY TUESDAY. TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS WELL.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BY MIDDAY MONDAY...AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA
MONDAY NIGHT. AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING
A PROLONGED RAIN THREAT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ASSUMING
THAT THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO
THE REGION...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES THROUGH
LATE WEEK.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT
TRACK...ALL OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 4 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-165-020315-
/O.CON.KSHV.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
1011 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
...STORM INFORMATION...
.AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WOULD REACH THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TOMORROW. A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANDFALL...WITH
HURRICANE GUSTAV REACHING THE COAST POSSIBLY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE.
GUSTAV IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA AIRCRAFT
RECONNAISSANCE DATA WAS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY...AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY
EVENING. AS GUSTAV MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
THAT IT COULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN DRASTICALLY PROVIDING A PROLONGED
RAIN THREAT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ASSUMING THAT THE
REMNANTS OF GUSTAV SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT INTO THE
REGION... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES THROUGH LATE
WEEK...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT
TRACK...ALL OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 4 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
15000
WTUS84 KSHV 010931
HLSSHV
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...GUSTAV NEARING THE LOUISIANA COAST...HEAVY RAIN BANDS APPROACHING
NEW ORLEANS...
AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 115 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 195 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 65
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 956 MB OR 28.23 INCHES OF MERCURY.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ153-166-167-020945-
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LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY
UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...
BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...
OUACHITA...CALDWELL... LA SALLE.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 115 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 195 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR PROTECTING
LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO LARGE TO
BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN HALF
OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM MONROE TO BIENVILLE...RINGGOLD...AND LOGANSPORT...LOUISIANA
AND CENTER TO BROADDUS TEXAS. THESE WINDS WILL START AS EARLY AS
MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. TROPICAL
STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...
AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TUESDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
HE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 730 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-165-020945-
/O.CON.KSHV.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
431 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 400 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.5 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 195 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 956 MB OR 28.23 INCHES OF MERCURY.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 730 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
06000
WTUS84 KSHV 011223
HLSSHV
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
723 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...EYE OF GUSTAV NEARING THE LOUISIANA COAST...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS WAS 954 MB OR 28.17 INCHES OF MERCURY.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ153-166-167-021230-
/O.CON.KSHV.TI.W.0001.080902T0000Z-080903T0000Z/
LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
723 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY
UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...
BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...
OUACHITA...CALDWELL... LA SALLE.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR
EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN HALF
OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM MONROE TO BIENVILLE...RINGGOLD...AND LOGANSPORT...
LOUISIANA...AND CENTER TO BROADDUS TEXAS. THESE WINDS WILL START
AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY.
TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TUESDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-165-021230-
/O.CON.KSHV.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
723 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS WAS 954 MB OR 28.17 INCHES OF MERCURY.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
06000
WTUS84 KSHV 011248
HLSSHV
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
748 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...EYE OF GUSTAV NEARING THE LOUISIANA COAST...HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...
WITH WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER
TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
230 MILES.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS WAS 954 MB OR 28.17 INCHES OF MERCURY.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
6 TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ153-166-167-021300-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TI.W.0001.080902T0000Z-080903T0000Z/
/O.CON.KSHV.TI.W.9999.080902T0000Z-080903T0000Z/
LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-
SABINE TX-
748 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY
UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SABINE.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...NATCHITOCHES...
BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...WINN...GRANT...
OUACHITA...CALDWELL... LA SALLE.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR
PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. SECURE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT ARE TOO
LARGE TO BRING INDOORS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN FOR
EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN HALF
OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM MONROE TO BIENVILLE...RINGGOLD...AND LOGANSPORT...
LOUISIANA...AND CENTER TO BROADDUS TEXAS. THESE WINDS WILL START
AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY.
TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
WEST
CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TUESDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
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/O.CON.KSHV.HU.S.9999.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-UNION LA-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA-
748 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
A WIND ADVISORY...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
HARRISON...GREGG...SMITH...MARION.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...UNION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES.
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WOOD...UPSHUR...CAMP...FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS...
CASS...BOWIE...RED RIVER.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD...
HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA.
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 600 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH
OF NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE...LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF PORT FOURCHON...ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
GUSTAV WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL
CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL...
WITH WEAKENING EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER GUSTAV MOVES INLAND LATER
TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS WAS 954 MB OR 28.17 INCHES OF MERCURY.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD ALREADY BE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
...WINDS...
FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS
THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE PRESENT TRACK...ALL OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.
$$
06000 WTUS84 KSHV 021208 HLSSHV URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 708 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 .AT 700 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST OF COUSHATTA...LOUISIANA. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MPH...AND A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED. THIS MOTION WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF GUSTAV ACROSS WESTERN LOUISIANA...INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE AROUND 20 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE RED RIVER TODAY. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-021845- /O.NEW.KSHV.HU.S.0001.080902T1208Z-000000T0000Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 708 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... BOWIE...CASS...HARRISON...MARION...AND PANOLA. IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... CADDO...BOSSIER...DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...WEBSTER... CLAIBORNE...NATCHITOCHES...BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON... UNION...WINN...GRANT...OUACHITA...CALDWELL...AND LA SALLE. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... UNION...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...MILLER...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA... HOWARD...SEVIER...AND LITTLE RIVER. ...HERE IS THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION... AT 700 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST OF COUSHATTA...LOUISIANA....AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT NEARLY 10 MPH. ...FOR THE RISK OF HIGH WINDS... WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WINN...BIENVILLE... DESOTO...NATCHITOCHES...CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...AND RED RIVER PARISHES...THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ...INLAND FLOODING... GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS IN YOUR AREA. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TODAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1200 PM CDT. $$ 18
000
WTUS84 KSHV 021603
HLSSHV
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1103 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
AT 1000 AM CDT...15Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 93.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 15
MILES...25 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.
THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8
MPH...13 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH...40 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE RED RIVER
TODAY.
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
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SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1103 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 PM TONIGHT...
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND
PARISHES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE...CASS...HARRISON...MARION...AND PANOLA.
IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CADDO...BOSSIER...DE SOTO...SABINE...RED RIVER...WEBSTER...
CLAIBORNE...NATCHITOCHES...BIENVILLE...LINCOLN...JACKSON...
UNION...WINN...GRANT...OUACHITA...CALDWELL...AND LA SALLE.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
UNION...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...MILLER...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...
HOWARD...SEVIER...AND LITTLE RIVER.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 AM CDT...15Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 93.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 15
MILES...25 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.
THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8
MPH...13 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH...40 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE RED RIVER
TODAY.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TODAY AS IT
MOVES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH WITH PERHAPS A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO
DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS EVENING.
...INLAND FLOODING...
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...
WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH
THURSDAY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS
IN YOUR AREA.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADOES AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM
GUSTAV MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RISK WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TODAY.
$$
13000 WTUS84 KSHV 022345 HLSSHV URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 645 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ON GUSTAV... ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-030045- /O.CAN.KSHV.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 645 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... FUTURE INFORMATION ON THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAVE WILL BE ISSUED AS SHORT TERM FORECASTS. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON GUSTAV. SEE THE SHORT TERM FORECASTS FOR FUTURE INFORMATION ON THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV. $$ 03
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hurricane local statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane local statement went out at Aug 31, 11:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 11:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1108 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM WITH FAIR SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE GRIDS TO THE FIRST PERIOD FORECAST. DESPITE THE NE WINDS AGAIN...YESTERDAY/S MOSTLY LOW 90S SHOULD SEE MOSTLY MID 90S TODAY WITH A BIT OF SUBSIDENCE AHEAD OF GUSTAV. CIRRUS OUTFLOW RIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LA ATTM AND SPREADING OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS PATH. NHC UPDATED TRACK LOOKS JUST A BIT SLOWER WITH LANDFALL LATE MORNING WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER WHICH WILL BRING A SLICE OF STORM SURGE INTO GRAND ISLE. THE PROVERBIAL WHIRLWIND(S) WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT OUR SOUTHERN CWA EARLY TOMORROW EVENING AND SLOWLY SPREAD TOWARD THE I-20 CORRIDOR DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO MUCH OF THE CWA DURING TUESDAY. WE WILL BE HOISTING WATCHES FOR PORTIONS OF THE CWA...W/ THIS AFTERNOON/S FORECAST PACKAGE. FLOOD...LAKE WIND...WIND AND TROP STORM WATCH LIKELY ALL STARTING AT 02/00Z. ALSO OF NOTE...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE GOING UP DURING TUESDAY/S HEATING...OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF OF THE CWA AS GUSTAV IS FCST TO STILL BE TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AT DAYBREAK...JUST EAST OF LEESVILLE AND PERHAPS STILL NOT A DEPRESSION UNTIL AROUND SUNDOWN...AND EXPECTED TO BE RIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN END OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR. NO OTHER CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. /24/ && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS FORECAST CYCLE. ALREADY SEEING HIGH CLOUDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH GUSTAV MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXPECT THIS CLOUD COVER TO SPREAD WESTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES BUT COVERAGE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE TERMINALS AT THIS TIME. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES JUST BEYOND THIS FORECAST CYCLE. ALSO THE WIND IMPACT WILL LIKELY OCCUR JUST BEYOND THIS FORECAST CYCLE FOR OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES AS WELL. /13/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 95 74 92 73 78 / 20 30 40 90 100 MLU 93 72 89 68 77 / 30 40 60 100 100 DEQ 95 71 94 75 81 / 20 20 30 60 70 TXK 95 72 94 73 80 / 20 20 40 60 90 ELD 93 71 91 72 78 / 20 30 40 90 100 TYR 94 73 94 75 81 / 20 20 30 60 70 GGG 95 73 92 75 80 / 20 20 30 60 90 LFK 96 73 91 71 79 / 20 30 40 90 100 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 24/24/13
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 1:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 125 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011830- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 125 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTH WEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST AND DEEP EAST TEXAS...AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOME OF THE FOUR STATE AREA. COVERAGE MAY BECOME SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE...IF THE OUTER MOST SPIRAL BANDS OF RAIN FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV BEGIN TO EXTEND INTO AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HURRICANE GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA GULF COAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. FROM THERE...GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO BE A MODERATE TROPICAL STORM IN THE FORT POLK VICINITY AT DAY BREAK ON TUESDAY. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS WEST...NORTHWESTWARD TOWARDS THE NORTH END OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR BY NIGHT FALL ON TUESDAY. GUSTAV WILL THEN LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION...OR BY DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND DEEP EAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE FARTHER NORTH NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS PORTIONS OF FOUR STATE AREA. ASIDE FROM THE STORMS CIRCULATION WIND THREAT...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING ALL OF TUESDAY AND PERHAPS AGAIN DURING PEAK HEATING ON WEDNESDAY AREAWIDE. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST THREAT OF ALL WILL BE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WELL IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND POSSIBLY SHIFTING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 15 TO 20 INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SLIGHTLY LESS BUT STILL EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKELY DURING THIS EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | McCurtain | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | McCurtain | 51 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 14 more | 43 hr |
Nearby
Hurricane Local Statements in Texas, 2008Hurricane Local Statements in Louisiana, 2008Hurricane Local Statements in Arkansas, 2008Every hurricane local statement in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.