Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi partners - 

 

Here is an update concerning the changes to the watches and warnings. No other changes were made from the briefing package that was sent out around 5am this morning.

 

· Hurricane Warning extended east from Morgan City to Grand Isle, this includes all of the parishes previously under the Hurricane Watch including the cities of Houma and Donaldsonville

· Tropical Storm Warning from Grand Isle to the mouth of the Pearl River and replaces all parishes and counties previously under the Tropical Storm Watch. This includes the tidal lakes along with the Baton Rouge and New Orleans metro's 

· No changes to the Storm Surge Watches and Warnings (YET)

· No change to the Flood Watch

 

NWS New Orleans Website: www.weather.gov/neworleans

NWS New Orleans DSS Website: http://www.weather.gov/lix/embrief

NWS New Orleans Tropical Page: https://www.weather.gov/srh/tropical?office=lix

River Gauges and Forecasts: https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/LIX

NWS New Orleans Facebook: www.facebook.com/NWSNewOrleans

NWS New Orleans Twitter: https://twitter.com/NWSNewOrleans

Online Severe Weather Reporting: https://www.weather.gov/lix/submit_storm_report

National Hurricane Center Website: https:///www.nhc.noaa.gov

 

The next update will be sent following the 10am Advisory.  If you have any questions in the interim or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.  We can be reached by phone at 504-522-7330 or 985-649-0429.  Use extension 4 to speak with a forecaster.  Alternatively, you can reach us by email by replying to this message or sending an email to sr-lix.forecasters@noaa.gov. Both methods will be delivered to the forecasters on shift at the office.