[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW MOVING TOWARD THE 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 SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
INCLUDING 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 7 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR
27.2 NORTH...91.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY.
THIS LOCATION IS ALSO 190 MILES SOUTH OF INTRACOASTAL CITY

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 9 MPH...BUT
A TURN TO A MORE NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS
EVENING. ON THIS MOTION...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WILL REACH
THE SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA COAST LATE TONIGHT.

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

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME COASTAL FLOODING ON THE WEST SIDE OF
VERMILION BAY...MAINLY IN THE INTRACOASTAL CITY AREA...AS NORTHEAST
FLOW AROUND THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE SPREADING OVER THE REGION. THE
MAIN TIME FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF COASTAL FLOODING IS DURING HIGH
TIDE...AND TIDE TIMES FOR THE REGION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

AT VERMILION BAY:
ON SATURDAY EVENING...A LOW TIDE OF 0.6 FEET AT 722 PM. ON SUNDAY...A
HIGH TIDE OF 1.9 FEET AT 303 AM...AND A LOW TIDE OF 1.6 FEET AT 850
AM.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NO TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS SYSTEM.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES
OF VERMILION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN PARISHES.
AN INCH OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
AS THIS STORM MOVES FARTHER TO THE EAST...THE EXPECTED WINDS ACROSS
THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA BASIN WILL DECREASE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH...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 BY 1030 PM CDT.

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ESCUDE/LANDRENEAU

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