[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLCH 100916
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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
415 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
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 ACADIA... EVANGELINE... IBERIA... LAFAYETTE... LOWER
SAINT MARTIN... SAINT LANDRY... SAINT MARY...UPPER SAINT MARTIN AND
VERMILION PARISHES...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO VERMILION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY AND LOWER
SAINT MARTIN 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 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR
28.5 NORTH...91.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY
LOUISIANA. THIS LOCATION IS ALSO 110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR
9 MPH AND A MOSTLY NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH LANDFALL. ON THIS MOTION...THE CENTER OF THE STORM WILL REACH
THE LOUISIANA COAST EAST OF MORGAN CITY AROUND SUNRISE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE MAINLY NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL.

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

AT VERMILION BAY:
ON SUNDAY...A HIGH TIDE OF 1.9 FEET OCCURRED AT 303 AM. A LOW TIDE OF
1.6 FEET IS EXPECTED AT 850 AM.

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

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING
ACADIA... EVANGELINE... IBERIA... LAFAYETTE... LOWER SAINT MARTIN...
SAINT LANDRY... SAINT MARY...UPPER SAINT MARTIN AND VERMILION
PARISHES. AN INCH OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN AND AROUND VERMILION AND
ATCHAFALAYA BAYS. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THIS
AREA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD SUNRISE AS MATTHEW
NEARS THE COAST.

...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 730 AM CDT
TODAY.

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