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norlh Gulf Coast region issued at 6 a.m. August 2X and valid the following morning shortly after landfall. The griddcd forecasts are well coordinated and consistent with official NWS and TPC/NHC forecasts.
Later on the morning of August 28, WFO New Orleans/Baton Rouge headlined the HLS with “catastrophic hurricane expected” and urged residents to rush all protective measures to completion. At 10:11 a.m., August 28, WFO New Orleans/Baton Rouge issued a statement along with its update to the inland hurricane warning that emphasized the horrific impacts Katrina would likely create for southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi (Figure 10).
URGENT- WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
101I A.M. CDTSUN AUG 2ft 2005
... DE VA ST A TING DAMAGE EX I'FA 'TEA >...
.HURRICANE KA TRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF /969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERIIAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HA IE 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. ALL H OOD 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 SWA Y DANGEROUSLY... A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOWOUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE W1DESPREAD...AND MA V INCLUDE IIEA I T ITEMS SI >(. 7/ AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED: THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PEIS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS ..AS MOST 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 HE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LII ESTO('K LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.
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.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE!____________________________________________________
Figure 10. Inland Hurricane Warning issued by the WFO New Orleans/Baton Rouge.
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