Latest update:
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.
Keep watching the NWS page for alerts...that will be the first place you hear about flooding....