[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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Sat Sep 13 11:19:02 CDT 2008
WTUS84 KLCH 131618
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...IKE STILL A HEAVY RAINFALL AND TORNADO THREAT...
.AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.3 WEST OR NEAR TRINITY
TEXAS.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE THROUGH EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY... AND INTO
WESTERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER
MOVES FARTHER INLAND. HOWEVER...IKE COULD REMAIN A HURRICANE INTO
THIS AFTERNOON.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM. A WIND GUST TO 56 MPH...91 KM/HR...WAS
REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR IN LUFKIN TEXAS.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 964 MB...28.47 INCHES.
DURING THE PAST HOUR...A PRESSURE VALUE OF 968.5 MB...
28.60 INCHES...WAS REPORTED AT HUNTSVILLE TEXAS TO THE WEST OF
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES... WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 20 FEET IN BAYS AND RIVERS WELL
INLAND...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTS. THE
SURGE EXTENDS A GREATER THAN USUAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER DUE
TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE CYCLONE. AUTOMATED TIDE GAGES ARE STILL
REPORTING STORM SURGES VALUES OF TO 12 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTAL
AREAS.
IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...WESTERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MISSOURI... ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA...AND SOUTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH SUNDAY.
A THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...
MUCH OF ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
LAZ051>054-TXZ215-131900-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.1009.080913T1618Z-000000T0000Z/
CAMERON-IBERIA-JEFFERSON-ST. MARY-VERMILION-
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON...ST. MARY...VERMILION.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. CURFEWS ARE
IN EFFECT AT MANY LOCATIONS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
EARLY THIS MORNING...MAXIMUM STORM SURGE VALUES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE
12 TO 15 FEET BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND CAMERON...AND 10 TO 12 FEET
BETWEEN INTRACOASTAL CITY AND CYPREMORT POINT. THESE VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL TO 6 TO 10 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BE CAREFUL DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS HIGH TIDES COMES IN AGAIN.
SOME PLACES COULD SEE A 1 TO 2 FOOT RISE IN STORM SURGE BEFORE
DROPPING AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING.
...WINDS...
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS WILL VARY FROM 50 TO 70
MPH ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON PARISH...TO 40 TO 50 MPH
ACROSS VERMILION...COASTAL IBERIA..AND ST. MARY PARISHES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
INLAND LOCATIONS SUCH AS HACKBERRY...GRAND LAKE...AND FRANKLIN
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE INLAND FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 2 PM.
$$
GMZ450-452-455-131900-
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/O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.0002.080913T1618Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
TORNADO WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ENDS.
...WINDS...
SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 2 PM.
$$
GMZ470-472-475-131900-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.0002.080913T1618Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ENDS.
...WINDS...
SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 60 WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 2 PM.
$$
LAZ030-041-TXZ180>182-201-216-131900-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HI.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080914T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KLCH.TI.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080914T0300Z/
BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-HARDIN-JASPER-NEWTON-ORANGE-TYLER-
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE HURRICANE WIND WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A TROPICAL STORM
WIND WARNING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON...ORANGE...
TYLER.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INDOORS AND STAY SAFE. DO NOT INHIBIT RESCUE PERSONNEL WHILE
THEY ARE WORKING THIS AFTERNOON.
...WINDS...
WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL GUST TO 40 TO 55 MPH THROUGH 1 PM. IN THE
HEAVIER RAIN BANDS...WINDS COULD GUST BRIEFLY TO 70 MPH.
...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM SURGE FROM THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
FLOOD PROBLEMS IN ORANGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE BRIDGE CITY AND
DOWNTOWN ORANGE AREAS. IN CALCASIEU PARISH...PARTS OF SULPHUR...
WESTLAKE...AND LAKE CHARLES WILL CONTINUE TO SEE FLOOD WATERS.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 2 PM.
$$
LAZ028-029-032-033-043>045-055-131730-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TI.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080914T0300Z/
ACADIA-AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-RAPIDES-
ST. LANDRY-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
ACADIA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST.
MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...UPPER ST. MARTIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TORNADOES AND
FLASH FLOODS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY.
...WINDS...
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.
...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 2 PM.
$$
LAZ027-031-042-131900-
/O.CON.KLCH.TI.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080914T0300Z/
ALLEN-JEFFERSON DAVIS-VERNON-
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
ALLEN...JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERNON.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
TORNADO WATCH.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS. DO NOT INHIBIT RESCUE PERSONNEL WHILE
THEY ARE WORKING THIS AFTERNOON.
...WINDS...
SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH 2 PM. IN THE RAIN
BANDS...A BRIEF WIND GUST OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
...INLAND FLOODING...
STORM SURGE HAS BEEN MOVING CLOSER TO THE LAKE ARTHUR AREA. WATER
COULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 2 PM.
$$
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