A report of today’s USACE’s Navigation Restoration Team conference follows:

  1. NOAA/NWS Sub-Tropical Storm ALBERTO:
    • No current tropical watch or warnings in effect for our area.
    • The current weather system affecting the New Orleans area today is NOT part of the Sub-Tropical Storm Alberto.
    • Locations of greatest risk are along Mississippi coast and extreme Southeast Louisiana
    • Tropical Storm conditions could begin as early as Sunday morning.
    • At this time the expected tropical force winds would arrive Sunday night into Monday.
    • Tides could run 1 to 3 feet higher.
    • Predicting a high rainfall event.
    • ANY CHANGE IN FORECASTED TRACK WILL CHANGE ALL PREDICTIONS.
    • Slides can be found here Alerto_01a.
  2. Corps of Engineers remarks:
    • No changes in operations. Continuing to monitor.
  3. Coast Guard remarks:
    • Internally set Hurricane Condition Five (Always set at beginning of Hurricane Season).
    • Continuing to monitor.
    • No changes in Port Condition at this time.
  4. Flood Authorities remarks:
    • Report – Flood Gates being closed.

Stakeholder remarks:

  1. Ports – Monitoring Situation.
  2. Deep Draft Navigation:
    • BAR Pilots – Making preparations for Tropical Storm conditions “just in case”.
    • Crescent PIlots – Making preparations and monitoring situation.
    • NOBRA Pilots – Monitoring situation.
    • Federal Pilots – Monitoring situation.
  3. Shallow Draft Navigation – Monitoring situation.