On the morning of June 26, 1957, Navy reconnaissance found an intensifying Hurricane Audrey in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane warnings were ordered.
NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU
HURRICANE WARNING AND ADVISORY NUMBER 5 AUDREY
10 AM CST JUNE 26 1957
HOIST HURRICANE WARNINGS 10 AM CDT ALONG ENTIRE LOUISIANA COAST NORTHWEST STORM WARNINGS ON UPPER TEXAS COAST AS FAR SOUTH AS GALVESTON TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST STORM WARNINGS EAST OF LOUISIANA TO PANSACOLA FLORIDA. MAINTAIN HURRICANE WATCH IN AREA OF STORM DISPLAY.
HURRICANE AUDREY CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND AT 10 AM CST...1600Z...WAS CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 LONGITUDE 93.3. HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED 100 MILES PER HOUR NEAR CENTER AND GALES EZTEND OUT 150 TO 200 MILES.
INDICATIONS ARE FOR NORTH OR A LITTLE EASY OF NORTH MOVEMENT AT 7 TO 10 MPH WITH THE CENTER REACHING THE LOUISIANA COAST LATE THURSDAU. HOWEVER DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE HURRICANE GALES WILL START ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST TONIGHT.
TIDES ARE RISING AND WILL REACH 5 TO 8 FEET ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST AND OVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUNF BY LATE THURSDAY. ALL PERSONS IN LOW EXPOSED PLACES SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISPLAYED ALONG THE ENTIRE LOUISIANA COAST AND STORM WARNINGS ELSEWHERE FROM GALVESTON TEXAS TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. SMALL CRAFT FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
NEXT ADVISORY AT 4 PM CST.
NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU
HURRICANE WARNING AND ADVISORY NUMBER 5 AUDREY
10 AM CST JUNE 26 1957
HOIST HURRICANE WARNINGS 10 AM CDT ALONG ENTIRE LOUISIANA COAST NORTHWEST STORM WARNINGS ON UPPER TEXAS COAST AS FAR SOUTH AS GALVESTON TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST STORM WARNINGS EAST OF LOUISIANA TO PANSACOLA FLORIDA. MAINTAIN HURRICANE WATCH IN AREA OF STORM DISPLAY.
HURRICANE AUDREY CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND AT 10 AM CST...1600Z...WAS CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 LONGITUDE 93.3. HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED 100 MILES PER HOUR NEAR CENTER AND GALES EZTEND OUT 150 TO 200 MILES.
INDICATIONS ARE FOR NORTH OR A LITTLE EASY OF NORTH MOVEMENT AT 7 TO 10 MPH WITH THE CENTER REACHING THE LOUISIANA COAST LATE THURSDAU. HOWEVER DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE HURRICANE GALES WILL START ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST TONIGHT.
TIDES ARE RISING AND WILL REACH 5 TO 8 FEET ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST AND OVER THE MISSISSIPPI SOUNF BY LATE THURSDAY. ALL PERSONS IN LOW EXPOSED PLACES SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISPLAYED ALONG THE ENTIRE LOUISIANA COAST AND STORM WARNINGS ELSEWHERE FROM GALVESTON TEXAS TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. SMALL CRAFT FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
NEXT ADVISORY AT 4 PM CST.