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Monday, 01 September 2008 06:06 Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 September 2008 10:21 Written by Staff Reports

Center of Gustav approaching Morgan City, La.

 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLANDTEXAS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THECITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECTLIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM THEMISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO THE FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLEINLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUEDBY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1200 PM CDT... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 10 MILESSOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUTABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA ANDABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...NEW ORLEANS OF LOUISIANA. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...ANDTHIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN THEFORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECASTTRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTH CENTRALLOUISIANA COAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN LOUISIANATONIGHT AND EASTERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...170 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANEON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST ASTHE CENTER OF GUSTAV MOVES INLAND OVER LOUISIANA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200

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