[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1058 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007

...TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO STRENGTHENS AS IT APPAROACHES THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND FOR CAMERON...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...VERMILION...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...IBERIA...UPPER AND LOWER
SAINT MARTIN...AND SAINT MARY PARISHES IN LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF SARGENT TEXAS TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
29.0 NORTH LATITUDE...94.6 WEST LONGITUDE...OR AROUND 40 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS...95 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON
LOUISIANA...AND 155 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. THIS
DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF HUMBERTO WILL BE CROSSING BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND
SABINE PASS TEXAS BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS
COULD APPROACH HURRICANE FORCE OVER A SMALL AREA NEAR LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 995 MB...OR 29.38 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SCHOOL CLOSURES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...LAMAR UNIVERSITY...L-I-T...
WEST HARDIN ISD...HARDIN ISD...AND SABINE PASS ISD WILL BE CLOSED
THURSDAY.

SCHOOL CLOSURES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...CAMERON PARISH...CALCASIEU
PARISH PUBLIC AND PAROCHIAL...MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY...SOWELA
TECHNICAL WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY.

NO EVACUATIONS OF COASTAL JEFFERSON COUNTY OR COASTAL CAMERON AND
VERMILION PARISHES HAS BEEN CALLED FOR AT THIS TIME.

THE CALCASIEU PARISH OEP ADVISES ANYONE LIVING IN A LOW LYING OR
FLOOD PRONE AREA TO CONSIDER ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE EVENT OF
FLOODING. IN ADDITION...ANYONE WHO FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE IN HIS OR
HER CURRENT LIVING LOCATION SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TO A MORE
SECURE LOCATION.

THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER IS AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER. PERSONS
UNABLE TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES OR GET A RIDE FROM FAMILY OR
FRIENDS TO THE SHELTER SHOULD CALL THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
AT 337-721-4040.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE ALREADY RUNNING ONE AND AN HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT
CAMERON LOUISIANA...AND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AT SABINE PASS AND
CYPREMORT PORT LOUISIANA. FOR OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...EXPECT TOTAL STORM TIDES TO RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 FEET
ACROSS COASTAL JEFFERSON AND CAMERON PARISHES...AND 3 TO 4 FEET
ACROSS COASTAL VERMILION...IBERIA...AND SAINT MARY PARISHES. THESE
TIDAL LEVELS AND FOLLOWING EFFECTS WILL BE SIMILAR TO TROPICAL
STORM FRANCES IN 1998 AND TROPICAL STORM CHRIS IN 1982.

FOR TIDAL LEVELS 4 TO 5 FEET ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...EXPECT
HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE PASS TO HAVE NEAR A FOOT
TO AT TIME A FOOT AND A HALF OF TIDAL FLOODING. SEVERAL ROADS
WITHIN PORT ARTHUR AND SABINE PASS HAVING TIDAL FLOODING...RANGING
BETWEEN 6 INCHES TO NEAR A FOOT DEEP.

FOR TIDAL LEVELS OVER 4 TO 5 FEET ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...EXPECT
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 TO FLOOD BETWEEN HOLLY BEACH AND JOHNSON'S
BAYOU...AND BETWEEN OAK GROVE AND GRAND CHENIER. ALSO EXPECT
PORTIONS OF MAIN STREET IN CAMERON TO FLOOD...WITH WATER DEPTHS
NEAR A FOOT TO A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP.

FOR TIDAL LEVELS 3 TO 4 FEET ACROSS VERMILION PARISH...EXPECT
SECONDARY ROADS OFF OF HIGHWAYS 83 AND 333...AS WELL AS WITHIN
INTRACOASTAL CITY...TO HAVE MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE.

TIDES AT SABINE PASS ON THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 4:29
AM...LOW TIDE AT 1124 AM...HIGH TIDE AT 5:32 PM...AND LOW TIDE AT
11:27 PM.

TIDES AT CAMERON ON THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE AT 3:33 AM...LOW TIDE AT
10:38 AM...HIGH TIDE AT 4:36 PM...AND LOW TIDE AT 10:41 PM.

TIDES IN VERMILION BAY ON THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 5:15 AM...LOW TIDE
AT 11:29 AM...HIGH TIDE AT 6:18 PM...AND LOW TIDE AT 11:32 PM.

...WIND...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS
PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6
AM. THIS COULD EXTEND TO COASTAL SECTIONS OF CAMERON PARISH.

WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CAMERON AND ALL OF CALCASIEU PARISH BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN TOTALS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF RAIN.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.

...HYDROLOGIC IMPACT...
HIGH TIDES ALONG THE COAST WILL CAUSE WATER BACK-UP ALONG LOWER
REACHES OF THE CALCASIEU...MERMENTAU...VERMILION...NECHES AND
SABINE RIVERS. CURRENTLY...THE CALCASIEU RIVER AT OLD TOWN BAY AND
SALT WATER BARRIER ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE FLOOD STAGE OF 4 FEET
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
CAUSE AREA RIVER LEVELS AND FLOWS TO INCREASE. RESIDENTS WITH
INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
RIVER FORECASTS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE OUT BY 2 AM CDT.


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