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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 14:29:56 EDT
Quick comparison... Floyd in '99 was a Cat 2 at landfall. Fran in '96
was a Cat 3 at landfall.
10/02/02... 2PM... LILI RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS TO CATEGORY *4* HURRICANE...
135MPH SUSTAINED WINDS... PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN
THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION... RAINFALL
FORECASTS: "6-10 INCHES" | "LOCALLY 18 INCHES"... LOUISIANA PREPARES...
BUOY 42001 REPORTING 45 KNOTS GUSTING TO 56 KNOTS, 22 FOOT WAVES!... ALL
BUOYS LINKS... BUOY/SHIP OBS MAP... ... | FROM THE NHC: "...A HURRICANE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO THE MOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... A LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 15 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS LIKELY NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER CROSSES THE COAST... THIS SURGE COULD SPREAD WELL INLAND ACROSS
THE LOW- LYING AREAS OF THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA..." | GENERAL NEWS
SOURCES IN THE REGION... NEWS PHOTOS...
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