En Tropical Storm Matthew ontstond ineens in de Golf van Mexico...PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 10 FOR REMNANTS OF MATTHEW
NWS...HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004
...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MATTHEW CONTINUE TO DELIVER
SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW CENTER...
AT 10 PM CDT...03Z...THE OCCLUDED LOW THAT ONCE WAS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR 31.9 NORTH LATITUDE AND 91.3
WEST LONGITUDE...OR NEAR 30 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG
MISSISSIPPI. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR THE COAST ARE 20 MPH
WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. HIGHER WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE COAST
AND OFFSHORE. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB OR 29.62
INCHES. OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...MATTHEW HAS BEEN MOVING IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MPH. THE EXTRATROPICAL
LOW IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS OR
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY MONDAY MORNING.
THE LOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN BUT THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1-2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS
OF LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
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NEW ORLEANS Oct. 11, 2004 — High tides and steady rain breached a levee and flooded streets and homes in southeast Louisiana as a weakening Tropical Storm Matthew blew in from the Gulf of Mexico.
The National Weather Service extended a coastal flood warning into Monday, cautioning winds would push tide levels at least 2 to 4 feet above normal.
Thousands of residents were without water after a tidal surge broke a water main in one low-lying community, and oyster harvesting was shut down between the Louisiana-Mississippi line and the Atchafalaya River.
"This is a precautionary closure," said Frederick P. Cerise of the state Health and Hospitals Department. "We will continue this closure order until we are confident that the waters are clear."
New Orleans received about 3 inches of rain Saturday and Sunday and saw scattered power outages.