面对飓风来袭,美国国家气象局驻新奥尔良办事处于8月23日开始发布热带气旋警告和公告。首先是新奥尔良至德克萨斯州马塔哥达县马塔哥达(Matagorda)之间的美国墨西哥湾沿岸地区于UTC当天凌晨4点30分收到风暴警告,称有相当强烈的天气系统逐渐逼近。次日气旋出人意料地转向北上,上述风暴警告的生效范围东移至路易斯安那州摩根城至德克萨斯州加尔维斯敦;摩根城至阿拉巴马州莫比尔之间的气象部门则于UTC凌晨4点发布飓风警告。莫比尔向东直至佛罗里达州阿巴拉契科拉也收到风暴警告。飓风在陆地上空迅速减弱后,新奥尔良办事处于UTC8月25日早上5点中止发布警告和公告。为了把信息送抵可能受到影响的地区,气象部门采用包括信件、电报在内的多种方式传送警告。[5]气旋逼近海岸期间,美国国家气象局还开始尝试通过无线电向海上船只发送地面天气分析图[6],建议莫比尔近海船只返回莫比尔港(Port of Mobile),浮动船坞及其装载的资产则转移到新奥尔良[7]。由于飓风可能会对棉业产生影响,棉花股票市场的首比交易增益达到8至15个百分点[8],收盘股价净收益则高达24%[9]。
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