[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1010 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN INTENSIFIES INTO A TROPICAL STORM...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO SARGENT TEXAS INCLUDING HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO
MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...AS WELL AS IBERIA...VERMILION...SAINT MARY...IBERIA...
CAMERON...AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO SARGENT TEXAS INCLUDING HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO
MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 27.4 NORTH...90.0 WEST...WHICH IS
175 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...260 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA...AND 286 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SABINE
PASS TEXAS.

TROPICAL STORM IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THURSDAY BRINGING THE CENTER
NEAR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COASTLINE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY IN
SQUALLS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS NEAR THE COAST SHOULD BE ALERT TO COASTAL FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. DANGEROUS SURF
AND RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE AND TIDAL VALUES WILL RUN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS MEANS OVERALL WATER LEVELS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 5 AND
6 FEET THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

AT SABINE PASS...HIGH TIDE OF 2.3 FEET AT 2:18 AM.
AT VERMILION BAY...HIGH TIDE OF 2.3 FEET AT 3:04 AM.
AT CAMERON...HIGH TIDE OF 2.9 FEET AT 1:22 AM.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR
TORNADOES DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AS THE RAINBANDS OF IVAN MOVE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARISHES OF LOUISIANA AND COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE INCHES
OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WITH TWO TO FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE EXACT
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE TRACK AND SPEED OF
IVAN.

...WIND IMPACTS...
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT WITH SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET LIKELY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE 35 TO 45 KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
WITH SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET. OVERLAND...WINDS SHOULD BE EASTERLY NEAR
10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE
COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES...AND INLAND WITH THE SQUALL LINES.

...RIVERS...
MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM IVAN WILL BE ISSUED BY 430 AM CDT
THURSDAY.

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LANDRENEAU

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