URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1056 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AFTER A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA WILL ENTER EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BY
EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WIND GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS VERY DRY AND COOLER AIR OVERTAKES THE
REGION.

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POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...
YSCLOSKEY...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
1056 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM CST SUNDAY.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
ABOUT MIDNIGHT BEFORE LESSENING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS OVERNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRONG OVER THE
LARGER SPANS AND HIGH RISES OVER WATER IN THE AREA. USE EXTRA
CAUTION. DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON...ENSURE THAT SEASONAL LAWN
DECORATIONS ARE SECURED IN PLACE. ALSO SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...
TRASH CANS AND LIGHT ITEMS THAT MAY BLOW AROUND IN THE HIGH WINDS.