[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
107 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENS TO A HURRICANE JUST BEFORE LANDFALL...

...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 HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS
TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF SARGENT
TEXAS TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS...AND FROM EAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1215 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR 29.4 NORTH LATITUDE...94.4 WEST LONGITUDE...OR AROUND 15 MILES
SOUTH OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS...70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON
LOUISIANA...AND 135 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 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 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...
CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

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 992 MB...OR 29.29 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE ARE NO EVACUATIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY OR CAMERON AND
VERMILION PARISHES.

HOWEVER...CALCASIEU PARISH OEP ADVISES ANYONE LIVING IN LOW-LYING
OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO CONSIDER A SAFER 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...
FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON PARISH...TIDES ARE RUNNING UP TO 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THIS MORNING. THESE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL RESULT IN
SIMILAR AFFECTS SEEN DURING TROPICAL STORM FRANCES IN 1998 AND
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS IN 1982.

FOR VERMILION...IBERIA...AND SAINT MARY PARISHES...TIDES ARE
RUNNING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WILL INCREASE TO 2
TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATER THIS MORNING.

FOR EXPECTED TIDE LEVELS OF 6 TO 7 FEET ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...
HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND PORT ARTHUR WILL SEE 1 TO 2
FEET OF WATER ACROSS THE ROAD. SIDE ROADS IN SABINE PASS WILL ALSO
BE FLOODED.

FOR EXPECTED TIDE LEVELS OF 6 TO 7 FEET ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 WILL HAVE 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 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP.

FOR EXPECTED TIDE LEVELS OF 4 TO 5 FEET ACROSS VERMILION PARISH...
SOME ROADS IN INTRACOASTAL CITY AND DELCAMBRE WILL BE UNDER 1 TO
2 FEET OF WATER.

FOR EXPECTED TIDE LEVELS OF 4 TO 5 FEET ACROSS IBERIA AND SAINT
MARY PARISHES...SOME ROADS WILL BE UNDER 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER NEAR
CYPREMORT POINT AND BURNS POINT.

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...
THROUGH 8 AM...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS UP TO 75 TO 80 MPH WILL OCCUR
NEAR COASTAL SECTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON
PARISH...BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND JOHNSONS BAYOU.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS INLAND
PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...AND ORANGE.

IN CALCASIEU PARISH...WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 50 MPH NEAR
VINTON...TO 30 TO 40 MPH IN LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...AND WESTLAKE.

...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 IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG I-10...EXTENDING
SOUTH TO THE COAST. TORNADO WATCHES MAY BE NECESSARY FURTHER INLAND
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

...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
LATER THIS 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 5 AM CDT.


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ERICKSON






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