[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
430 PM CDT SAT OCT 9 2004

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW CONTINUES ON NORTHERLY TRACK TOWARD THE
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER.

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
PARISHES OF VERMILION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN
PARISHES...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO VERMILION...IBERIA AND SAINT MARY PARISHES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VERMILION...IBERIA AND
SAINT MARY PARISHES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR
27.3 NORTH...91.9 WEST...ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
AND MORGAN CITY.

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 9
MPH. ON THIS MOTION...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WILL REACH
THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST NEAR MORGAN CITY AROUND 3 AM CDT
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE
WINDS ARE CONFINED TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON...VERMILION...
IBERIA...AND ST. MARY PARISHES IN LOUISIANA. ONSHORE FLOW WILL
PRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL FLOODING MAINLY DURING HIGH TIDE.
TIMES OF TIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

AT VERMILION BAY:
ON SATURDAY EVENING, A LOW TIDE OF 0.6 FEET AT 7:22 PM. ON SUNDAY,
HIGH TIDE OF 1.9 FEET AT 3:03 AM. LOW TIDE OF 1.6 FEET AT 8:50 AM.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NONE.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES
OF VERMILION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN PARISHES.
UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH...MAINLY NEAR
AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

...RIVERS...
MINOR BACKWATER TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ALONG
THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON MATTHEW WILL BE ISSUED AT 730 PM CDT.

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MARCOTTE/LANDRENEAU

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