[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
725 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004

...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW IS MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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 7 AM CDT...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS
LOCATED NEAR 29.5 NORTH...90.8 WEST...NEAR HOUMA IN TERREBONNE
PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.

TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR
11 MPH. A MOSTLY NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON
THE WEST SIDE OF VERMILION BAY...MAINLY IN THE INTRACOASTAL CITY
AREA...AS A NORTHEAST FLOW AROUND THE SYSTEM AFFECTS THAT AREA.
COASTAL FLOODING IS MORE LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING AND THE THREAT
WILL DIMINISH AS THE TIME FOR LOW TIDE APPROACHES. TIDE TIMES FOR THE
REGION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

AT VERMILION BAY:
TODAY...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...
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN AND AROUND VERMILION AND
ATCHAFALAYA BAYS. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THIS
AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM
PROGRESSES INLAND.

...RIVERS...
MINOR BACKWATER TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY ALONG THE LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON MATTHEW WILL BE ISSUED BY 1030 AM CDT
TODAY.

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