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1 p.m. Update

An encouraging report from New Orleans…police, fire and medics are starting to respond to 911 calls again. 375 WTNT52 KNHC 011753 TCEAT2 HURRICANE GUSTAV TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 100 PM CDT MON SEP … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Hanna…

Hanna is now a hurricane based on Air Force reconnaissance. It is expected to make landfall as a hurricane near Savannah on Friday afternoon. Here is the advisory. 617 WTNT33 KNHC 011731 TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE HANNA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 19 … Continue reading →

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Noon Reports

Stephanie Abrams of The Weather Channel is in the center of circulation now in Morgan City. MISSISSIPPI… BILOXI…HVY RAIN…79F…E37G53…29.64F VSB 1/2 PASCAGOULA…LGT RAIN…80F…SE23G35…29.71R FOG GULFPORT…LGT RAIN…79F…SE44G53…29.64R FOG LOUSIANA… N.O. AUDUBON…NOT AVBL N.O. INTL ARPT…29.20S N.O. LAKEFRONT…NOT AVBL SLIDELL…NOT AVBL BELLE … Continue reading →

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Gustav at the Lunch Hour

WTNT32 KNHC 011654 TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 32A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008 1200 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008 …CENTER OF GUSTAV APPROACHING MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST … Continue reading →

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Notes at 11:30 a.m.

11 AM OBSERVATIONS BILOXI…HVY RAIN…79F…E31G56…29.62F…VSB 3/4 PASCAGOULA…RAIN…80F…SE23G41…29.70R FOG GULFPORT…HVY RAIN…79F…SE38G55…29.62R VSB 3/4 N.O. AUDUBON…NOT AVAILABLE N.O. INTL ARPT…29.20F N.O. LAKEFRONT NOT AVAILABLE SLIDELL…HVY RAIN…79F…E29G48…29.46S FOG BELLE CHASSE…81F…E44G61…29.24S BATON ROUGE…RAIN…79F…NE25G60…29.34F FOG SALT POINT…NOT AVAILABLE LAFAYETTE…LGT RAIN…76F…N35G46…29.39F FOG PATTERSON…NOT AVAILABLE NEW IBERIA…CLOUDY…76F…N33G52…29.31F … Continue reading →

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Position Update

New Orleans radar is out. Now watching storm from the Lake Charles radar. The center is filling now. It is over land southwest of Houma in Terrebonne Parish. Salt Point is no longer reporting. Patterson is no longer reporting. Water … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Coast

Some of the most amazing video is from The Weather Channel, where meteorologist Mike Seidel is on the coast in Gulfport, Mississippi. Winds gusted to 74 mph at GOT within the hour… GULFPORT-BILOXI,MS (GPT) ASOS reports gust of 64.0 knots … Continue reading →

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10 a.m. Observations

N.O. AUDUBON NOT AVBL N.O. INTL ARPT…NO WIND REPORT…29.21F N.O. LAKEFRONT NOT AVBL SLIDELL…HVY RAIN…79F…E20G48…29.46R…VSB 3/4 BELLE CHASSE…RAIN…79F…E37G63…29.24R BATON ROUGE…RAIN…78F…N21G40…29.38F SALT POINT…NOT AVBL LAKE CHARLES…CLOUDY…80F…N16…29.63S LAFAYETTE…HVY RAIN…75FN28G35…29.47F…FOG PATTERSON…NOT AVBL NEW IBERIA…HVY RAIN…75F…N29G40…29.37F FOG FORT POLK…CLOUDY…82F…N17G23…29.71S

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Nervously Watching…

LATE REPORT Gauge in Industrial Canal continues to rise. At 11.24 feet. Water is still pouring into Lake Borgne from the ESE keeping pressure up on the MRGO and Industrial Canal. The overtopping is on the Gentilly side. The Katrina … Continue reading →

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Gustav Makes Landfall

Gustav officially made landfall as a Category Two hurricane near Cocodrie LA at around 9 a.m. CDT… Here is the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center… WTNT32 KNHC 011453 TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER 32 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE … Continue reading →

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