Below is the 3:00 pm advisory from the National Hurricane Center.  New Orleans is in the “warning” as the storm moves north:

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TROPICAL STORM IDA ADVISORY NUMBER  24

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112009

300 PM CST MON NOV 09 2009

...IDA TURNS NORTHWARD...SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL OVERNIGHT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA

EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER FLORIDA...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL

STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA

WITHIN 24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED

STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE

MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

FORECAST OFFICE.  

AT 300 PM CST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR ABOUT 60

MILES... 95 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND

ABOUT 165 MILES...265 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR.  A REDUCTION

IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...

THE CENTER OF IDA SHOULD REACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. 

AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS EXPECTED TO TURN EASTWARD ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS IDA MOVES OVER COOLER

WATERS PRIOR TO MAKING LANDFALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A

FRONTAL ZONE ON WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM

FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE

HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

RAINS FROM IDA ARE ALREADY MOVING ACROSS THE COAST WITHIN THE

WARNING AREA. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH

ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH

WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST ACROSS THE

SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES.

A DANGEROUS STORM TIDE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS

3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE COAST NEAR AND TO THE

EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL...AS WELL AS IN AREAS OF

ONSHORE FLOW IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE

WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES.  

...SUMMARY OF 300 PM CST INFORMATION...

LOCATION...28.4N 88.5W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH OR 355 DEGREES AT 18 MPH

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 600 PM CST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 900

PM CST.

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FORECASTER FRANKLIN