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HISTORY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE (Continued from Page 5)
ADVISORY NO. 14 9 AM CDT SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1969
. . . CAMILLE . . . EXTREMELY DANGEROUS . . . CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. . .WARNINGS EXTEND TO NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE . . .
HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED WESTWARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AS FAR WEST AS NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE.
GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED WESTWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI . .ALABAMA . . AND . . .NORTH WEST FLORIDA COAST TO ST. MARKS. GALE WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE FROM MORGAN CITY TO CEDAR KEYS FLORIDA. PREPARATIONS AGAINST THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
ADVISORY NO. 15 11 AM CDT SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1969
. . . CAMILLE . . . EXTREMELY DANGEROUS . . . CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER . . . THREATENS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST EASTWARD TO EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI . . . ALABAMA . . . AND . . . NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST TO ST. MARKS. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE FROM MORGAN CITY TO CEDAR KEYS FLORIDA. PREPARATIONS A-GAINST THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WINDS ARE INCREASING AND TIDES ARE RISING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE EASTWARD. GALES HAVE BEGUN A SHORT DISTANCE OFFSHORE AND WILL BE SPREADING INLAND OVER THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL REACH HURRICANE FORCE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI . . . ALABAMA . . . AND INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT. TIDES UP TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST AND TIDES OF 5 TO 12 FEET ELSEWHERE IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. EVACUATION OF THE LOW LYING AREA THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE TIDES SHOULD BE DONE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE ESCAPE ROUTES ARE CLOSED.PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE CENTER OF CAMILLE WILL PASS CLOSE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST TONIGHT.
SEVERAL TORNADOES ARE LIKELY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO FORT WALTON FLORIDA AND UP TO 100 MILES INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
BULLETIN 1PM CDT SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1969