000 WWUS74 KLIX 290645 CCA NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 116 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 .EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AROUND DAYBREAK. THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS MONDAY AND THE LOWER PEARL RIVER VALLEY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. DEVASTATING WINDS OF CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE STRENGTH WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF KATRINA SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND WINDS OF AT LEAST CATEGORY THREE STRENGTH WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF KATRINA NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER WILL EXTEND OUT AS MUCH AS 100 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 74 MPH WILL EXTEND OUT OVER 200 MILES FROM THE CENTER. LAZ037>040-049-050-056>070-MSZ069>071-077-080>082-291100- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON- LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-ST. CHARLES-ST. HELENA- ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA- UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD- UPPER TERREBONNE-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- 116 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST THROUGH DAYBREAK...AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD FROM THE COAST INTO THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA BY DAYBREAK MONDAY AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BY MID MORNING MONDAY. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OF 150 TO 175 MPH ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE THIS MORNING. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED... AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. MANY WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. MANY WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES MAY LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MANY POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. $$ LAZ034>036-046>048-MSZ068-291100- EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-POINTE COUPEE- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 116 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA INCLUDING THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BY DAYBREAK. TROPICAL STROM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST 4 TO 8 HOURS. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS ONCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONSET! AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE TROPICAL STORM FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MOBILE HOMES. A FEW HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. SOME NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. $$