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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
613 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION MEANDERING SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA
COAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE MOVEMENT OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS SLOWED OVERNIGHT AND
REMAINS DISORGANIZED. THE FORECAST TRACK HAS THE CENTER OF THE
TROPICAL SYSTEM REACHING THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...UPPER ST.
MARTIN...CAMERON...VERMILION...IBERIA...ST. MARY AND LOWER ST.
MARTIN.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF GULF OF MEXICO WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.5N...LONGITUDE 91.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 250
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LA...OR ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY LA...OR ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY LA.
STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 2 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS
35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IT IS VITAL THAT YOU DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK. TO
DO SO COULD RESULT IN BAD DECISIONS AND PLACE YOU OR THOSE YOU
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT GREATER RISK. THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO BE MOVING SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY BRINGING THE
POSSIBILITY OF A PROLONGED RAIN EVENT.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF
DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING.

FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE
PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES AROUND NOON CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

LAZ043>045-052>055-031115-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-
613 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 52 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD
START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 IS GOING TO BE A VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM
AND THIS COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RAIN TOTALS OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS. HEAVY
RAINFALL BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. FORTUNATELY
RIVER LEVELS ARE LOW AND SOIL CONDITIONS ARE VERY DRY SO IT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME TO FILL UP THE BASINS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURGE GRIDS...COASTAL
FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BE THREE TO FIVE FEET.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN
THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SOME LOOSE OUTDOOR
ITEMS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE. A FEW POWER
LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
SOME LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED. MOST NEWLY
PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED.

$$

LAZ041-042-051-031115-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-CAMERON-
613 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 49 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 IS GOING TO BE A VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM
AND THIS COULD LEAD TO HEAVY RAIN TOTALS OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS. HEAVY
RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD
PRODUCE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING. FORTUNATELY RIVER LEVELS ARE LOW AND
SOIL CONDITIONS ARE VERY DRY SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO FILL UP
THE BASINS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURGE GRIDS...COASTAL
FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BE THREE TO FIVE FEET.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
COAST ON SATURDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS
SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

$$

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-031115-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
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-
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
613 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 62 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON
WITH MAX WAVE HEIGHTS BETWEEN 10 TO 12 FEET BY LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY.

$$

RUA



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