Tropical Storm Isaac Unofficial Update 5 AM Tuesday August 28

Tropical Storm Isaac Update 5:00 AM Tuesday August 28 – and yes, it is STILL a Tropical Storm with a ragged center and lots of dry air to it’s north and northeast at this hour. That still may change, but indications are that the pressure is only going down slightly at this time.

All of the predominant tracking models this morning are placing the potential landfall just west of New Orleans in the overnight hours Tuesday into early Wednesday. The wind field intensity to the northeast of the center should be slightly less than what was anticipated yesterday by those models. But again… this will be a relatively long term event from northwestern Florida through coastal Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and as far west as eastern Texas.

Persons can expect high rainfall amounts, gusty tropical storm force winds out to 120+ miles from the center, lowland flooding and power interruptions.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

We are also providing an interactive Watch and Warning web link for persons who wish to get details on localized conditions:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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