HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY 07:15 Hrs CDT USA, 01 September 2008.
As our information suggested several days ago, Hurricane Gustav will be making landfall this morning near Morgan City, Louisiana at Catagory 3 levels.
‘Landfall’ in the weather community is defined as when the lowest pressure area of the storm crosses the coastline.
Persons in southern Alabama and Mississippi have been under tornado watches and warnings for the past 6 to 8 hours along with very heavy rains and gusty winds. Hurricane spawned tornados are usually much weaker than tornados which form in the Great Plains – usually not higher than EF-1, but can devastate local areas and buildings. The storm surge and wave action in the northeast quadrant (upper right area) of this hurricane is being felt along the southeastern sections of Louisiana and flooding is taking place in numerous areas. Wind gusts have been monitored at 64 MPH in New Orleans and at 86 MPH in Boothville, Louisiana and trees and power lines are going down throughout the region. High surf is being seen all the way to the Florida Panhandle this morning with tropical storm force winds.
Please use the first link below for Tropical System information and the second link below for active watches, warnings and data.
http://www.weather.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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