//Tropical Update: Hurricane Laura prompts mandatory evacuations in Galveston
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Tropical Update: Hurricane Laura prompts mandatory evacuations in Galveston

Laura predicted to make landfall as a Category 3 storm with winds at 115mph.

Latest Public Advisory

CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY…

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM SOUTH OF PORT BOLIVAR TO SAN LUIS
PASS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A HURRICANE WATCH.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SAN LUIS PASS TO
FREEPORT TEXAS.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO KEY WEST HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT…

A STORM SURGE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR…

  • SAN LUIS PASS TEXAS TO OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI
  • LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN…LAKE MAUREPAS…AND LAKE BORGNE

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR…

  • SAN LUIS PASS TEXAS TO WEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR…

  • CUBAN PROVINCES OF VILLA
    CLARA…CIENFUEGOS…MATANZAS…MAYABEQUE…LA
    HABANA…ARTEMISA…PINAR DEL RIO…AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH
  • DRY TORTUGAS

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR…

  • SAN LUIS PASS TO FREEPORT TEXAS
  • MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

A STORM SURGE WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LIFE-
THREATENING INUNDATION…FROM RISING WATER MOVING INLAND FROM THE
COASTLINE…IN THE INDICATED LOCATIONS DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
FOR A DEPICTION OF AREAS AT RISK…PLEASE SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE STORM SURGE WATCH/WARNING GRAPHIC…AVAILABLE AT
HURRICANES.GOV.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. A WATCH IS TYPICALLY ISSUED 48 HOURS
BEFORE THE ANTICIPATED FIRST OCCURRENCE OF TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE
WINDS…CONDITIONS THAT MAKE OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS DIFFICULT OR
DANGEROUS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA…GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS.

HURRICANE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY TO ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING OR
AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA COASTS.

TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 22.9N 85.7W AT 25/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM

PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 15 KT