Hurricane Katrina to possibly become a Cat 4

[Dark Knight]

(CNN) A statement from the National Weather Service in Slidell, near New Orleans, Louisiana, warned that much of the affected area "will be uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer."

 

[Shadow205]

The Weather Channel is having updates every 30mins from the National Hurricane Center.

 

[Buzz Mills]

The Weather Channel is having updates every 30mins from the National Hurricane Center.

The National Huricane Center is where I pull all of my info from.

Here's the local warning for New Orleans, Baton Rouge

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HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING
HURRICANE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...

...RUSH PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO COMPLETION...

...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER....

...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED ALONG SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN SPREADING INLAND...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES

ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...
ST BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...
LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.

IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE
ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS
AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE
COAST.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 200 AM MONDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY AS THE
HURRICANE APPROACHES THE COAST. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE
LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED 160
MPH WINDS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST
NEAR 10 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. FOLLOW LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS
RECOMMENDATIONS. WITH THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND
HEAVY SQUALLS PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK REFUGE OF LAST RESORT IN
STRONG REINFORCED BUILDINGS. IF LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING
DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER FLOORS OR HOUSE ATTICS. BRING TOOLS TO MAKE
AN EMERGENCY EXIT SHOULD THESE HIGHER FLOORS OR ATTICS BECOME
INUNDATED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE
EXACT LANDFALL OF LANDFALL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT
AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A FEW
AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 28 FEET ALONG
WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SECONDARY ROADS ALONG THE COAST AND
OUTSIDE LEVEE PROTECTION AREA WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

...WIND IMPACTS...
KATRINA HAS EVOLVED INTO A LARGE HURRICANE WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTENDING AROUND 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE COASTAL AREA. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND INTO MUCH OF THE REMAINDER AREA BY 400 AM
CDT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

KATRINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE AS A CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE
HURRICANE...SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. WINDS
ASSOCIATED CATEGORY 4 AND CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAN TOTALLY DESTROY
MOBILE HOMES AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED DWELLINGS...AND CAUSE MAJOR
DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL
BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER ON UPPER FLOORS OF TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING
DAMAGE.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI FOR THIS EVENING DUE TO THE THREAT OF
TORNADOES. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.

...RAINFALL...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE.

 

[Beyond Belief]

Their talking about a major inland effect. Everyone in that cone needs to be prepared. This is going to be major for millions of Americans.

 

[Shadow205]

Just heard on Fox, they are expecting a storm surge of 20ft for Mobile, Al. and devastating flooding for the Mobile Bay area.


I heard earlier that New Orleans could be under water for months.

 

[Marthatex]

Please Lord, or Higher Power, protect these innocent people from harm, help the storm to slow down, help the levees to hold, help people and animals get to high ground, help the Superdome to hold up, please watch over our fellow Americans, our comrades, our families. Thank you, amen.

group prayer, group prayer....

 

[Buzz Mills]

Just heard on Fox, they are expecting a storm surge of 20ft for Mobile, Al. and devastating flooding for the Mobile Bay area.


I heard earlier that New Orleans could be under water for months.

if they lose the levees, which is likely to happen, it will take a long time to rebuild the levees, pump all of tye water back out, and then rebuild the city. Dim prospects. They said the levees are 15 feet high, and if the storm surge is more than that, which it is supposed to be, it's Katie bar the door.

 

[Marthatex]

if they lose the levees, which is likely to happen, it will take a long time to rebuild the levees, pump all of tye water back out, and then rebuild the city. Dim prospects. They said the levees are 15 feet high, and if the storm surge is more than that, which it is supposed to be, it's Katie bar the door.

Where will all these displaced people go, or stay?

 

[Buzz Mills]

LOcal Bulletin for Jackson, MSHURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1050 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH
THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
INLAND HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MARION...LAMAR...
FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...COVINGTON...
JONES...COPIAH...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...RANKIN...
HINDS...MADISON...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...LEAKE...NESHOBA AND
KEMPER COUNTIES.

INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ADAMS...
FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE AND WARREN COUNTIES.

INLAND HURRICANE WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES...
WEBSTER...AND CLAY COUNTIES.

INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
GRENADA...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY...HOLMES AND YAZOO COUNTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS...
LAWRENCE...LINCOLN...MARION...COVINGTON...FORREST...JONES...AND
LAMAR COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH
OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH
EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES KATRINA A RARE AND EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE STORM ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE ANTICIPATED...BUT KATRINA IS FORECAST
TO MAKE LANDFALL AT THE CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE LEVEL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHILE THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND MONDAY...THE
HURRICANE WILL LIKELY STILL BE A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE UP TO THE
HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR. KATRINA WILL STILL BE A HURRICANE WELL INTO
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES INTO
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY NOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
VERY STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS AND FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED
POWER OUTAGES OF SEVERAL DAYS TO PERHAPS A FEW WEEKS. PEOPLE
RESIDING IN HOMES THAT ARE NOT WELL CONSTRUCTED SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO
A SAFER ALTERNATIVE LOCATION TO RIDE THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM
OUT...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 55 WHERE THE VERY STRONGEST WINDS COULD OCCUR.

THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SITUATION CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED!
HURRICANE KATRINA IS THE SAME STRENGTH AS HURRICANE CAMILLE WHEN IT
MADE LANDFALL IN 1969...BUT IS EVEN LARGER IN SIZE...MEANING THE
POTENTIAL DAMAGE MAY COVER A MORE EXTENSIVE AREA. IT IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT KATRINA WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT TAKE IT
LIGHTLY! PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF STATE...COUNTY AND LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WITH REGARD TO EVACUATIONS AND
PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...HURRICANE FORCE SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 80 TO 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...APPEAR LIKELY IN THE
HURRICANE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION TO DOWNING THOUSANDS OF TREES
AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES...THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND DESTROY LESS WELL CONSTRUCTED
STRUCTURES.

IN THE HURRICANE WATCH AREA...SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 75
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...COULD OCCUR...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE. IN THE TROPICAL STORM
WATCH AREA...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE
FORCE MAY OCCUR. WIND DAMAGE COULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THESE AREAS AS
WELL...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES
POSSIBLE.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE BROOKHAVEN
TO HATTIESBURG REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY...REACH
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS...AND THE HIGHWAY
82 CORRIDOR TOWARD THE LATE EVENING. THE WINDS SHOULD PEAK IN THE
PINE BELT REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
MONDAY...WHERE A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...WHILE THE WORST CONDITIONS FOR THE INTERSTATE
20 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALTHOUGH THE LANDFALL OF KATRINA
IS LESS THAN 12 HOURS AWAY...SOME CHANGES COULD STILL OCCUR TO THE
FORECAST TRACK. A TRACK FARTHER TO THE WEST WOULD CAUSE THE
STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST RAIN TO SHIFT FARTHER WEST AND
OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WHILE A TRACK
FARTHER EAST WOULD CAUSE THE WORST WEATHER TO BE CONFINED TO EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

...INLAND FLOODING IMPACTS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
GREATER AMOUNTS...COULD OCCUR IN THE AREA ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF
THE TRACK. THIS COULD CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL
UNLESS HEAVIER RAINFALL THAN FORECAST OCCURS.

...INLAND TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 59
CORRIDOR AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AND THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA
MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST.

THE RISK OF TORNADOES WILL EXPAND TO COVER MUCH OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS KATRINA MOVES
INLAND. AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES WILL LIKELY EXIST ALONG AND
EAST OF A MONTICELLO TO COLUMBUS LINE.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED
WITH KATRINA FOR JACKSON IS 85 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS IS 27 PERCENT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 2 AM CDT.

$$

 

[Tom'sGirl]

Where will all these displaced people go, or stay?

Good question heard it's 1/2 million people.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Local Bulletin for Birmingham, AL

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1037 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA TO BRING HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS TO PARTS OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG
AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM TUESDAY...

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF INTERSTATE
65 FROM 1 PM MONDAY UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY THROUGH 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG
AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 8AM MONDAY TO 4 PM TUESDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65
FROM 1 PM MONDAY UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY THROUGH 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES
SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 170 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND A
TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE
ALREADY DETERIORATING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST...AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA
IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL...AND KATRINA
IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AT EITHER CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE
INTENSITY.

KATRINA REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. A WIND GUST TO 90 MPH WAS
RECENTLY REPORTED FROM SOUTHWEST PASS LOUISIANA.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 904 MB...26.70 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR
NECESSARY PREPARATION PLANS. HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA STARTING TOMORROW MORNING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING
EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HURRICANE TRACK WITH THOSE
AREAS ALONG THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE LIKELY TO BE SUSTAINED
AT 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...FROM LINDEN AND
DEMOPOLIS NORTHWARD TO FAYETTE AND HAMILTON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WILL EXTEND EASTWARD TO AREAS IN AND NEAR INTERSTATE 65...WHERE
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE
65 CAN EXPECT WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

WINDS AT THESE SPEEDS...IN COMBINATION OF SATURATED SOILS...CAN
TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM...WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 24 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE KATRINA...3 TO 6
INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...IS
POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY
THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY.

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST MONTH HAS LED TO
SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.

WITH ABOVE NORMAL RIVER FLOW IN MANY LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
KATRINA WILL AGGRAVATE RIVER CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY TO
BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BY TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS
FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE WATER
BEGINS RISING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.
EVACUATIONS FROM LOWLANDS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND
POWERLINES AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE
ALREADY BEEN BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BY THIS EVENING.

...TORNADO THREAT...
AS RAIN BANDS ROTATE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT
AND EARLY MONDAY...THEY WILL BRING THE THREAT OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES TO THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE ENHANCED
DURING THE DAY MONDAY...WHEN DAYTIME HEATING WILL PROVIDE ADDED
INSTABILITY AND LIFT TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT
OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL EXTEND WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND
POSSIBLY INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
KATRINA IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WITH
WINDS NEAR 160 MPH. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY PRIOR
TO LANDFALL...AND KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AT EITHER
CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE INTENSITY.

THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE ACCESS NUMBER
IS 1-888-588-2848.

TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888-
2726.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...OR DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE KATRINA...CALL
OUR STORM REPORTING HOTLINE AT 1-800-856-0758.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 4 AM CDT.

 

[Beyond Belief]

This is so frightening. Can something like the tsunami wave form in a storm like this?

 

[lilpony]

Holy Cow, this is scarey. People in those areas, must be scared to death. I pray that the storm loses strength, before it hits land. Gosh, its not going to go in the direction of Texas is it? I pray not!

 

[Buzz Mills]

Local Bulletin fopr Huntsville, AL

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1037 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY MONDAY
EVENING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...THIS STATEMENT COVERS ALL OF THE NORTHERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES SERVICED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
ALL OF THE NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES
SERVICED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING
FOR THE COUNTIES COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

...STORM INFORMATION... AT 10PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE
89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND
A TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ENSURE ALL LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND
TRASH CANS. MAKE PLANS NOW TO MOVE OUTDOOR PETS TO A SAFE INDOOR
LOCATION BY MONDAY EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS... WINDS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING BY MONDAY EVENING FROM THE
SOUTH...SPREADING NORTH AND NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT MONDAY AND INTO
EARLY TUESDAY...CONTINUING UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH
EXPECTED.

...FLOODING IMPACTS... RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE KATRINA WILL
OVERSPREAD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRING FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. CURRENT ESTIMATES
OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
NORTHEAST ALABAMA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RISES ON AREA CREEKS...
STREAMS AND RIVERS. LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...CLOSEST TO THE STORM CENTER.

...TORNADO IMPACTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BECOME A
POSSIBILITY BY MONDAY EVENING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TRACK OF
HURRICANE KATRINA ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IN THE OUTER
RAINBANDS. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL LIKELY EXIST INTO
TUESDAY...UNTIL KATRINA MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
WILL BE ISSUED BY 4 AM CDT.

$$

 

[lilpony]

This is so frightening. Can something like the tsunami wave form in a storm like this?

You took that thought right out of my mind. But I wasn't going to ask, because I think Tsunami only come from quakes. But I could be wrong.

 

[Beyond Belief]

the webcam is showing some real nasty activity. they still have power. the camera is getting web but still has some visibility. Also, there are still cars moving around.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Where will all these displaced people go, or stay?

As someone said earlier, a gal on TV, "this is going to be a life-changing experience for a lot of people."

 

[Tom'sGirl]

You took that thought right out of my mind. But I wasn't going to ask, because I think Tsunami only come from quakes. But I could be wrong.

No, don't think you're wrong, the do occur from an earthquake at sea.

 

[Buzz Mills]

the webcam is showing some real nasty activity. they still have power. the camera is getting web but still has some visibility. Also, there are still cars moving around.

They said the hurricane winds will be on New Orleans at about midnight; they have 41 minutes before it goes from bad to worse.

 

[Shadow205]

the webcam is showing some real nasty activity. they still have power. the camera is getting web but still has some visibility. Also, there are still cars moving around.

I hope that the only vehicles that are moving are emergency vehicles but there are probably some dummies out site seeing!