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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC SLOWLY MOVING NORTHWEST AND PARALLEL TO
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATES STORM LOCATION AND STRENGTH. REMOVES HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

.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...
VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...
ST. LANDRY...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...
UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...IBERIA...ST. MARY...LOWER ST.
MARTIN AND EAST CAMERON.

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

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD
WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.3N...LONGITUDE 91.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 60 MILES
NORTH OF MORGAN CITY LA...OR ABOUT 120 MILES EAST OF LAKE CHARLES
LA. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 6 MPH. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN
TONIGHT WHILE GRADUALLY WEAKENING. IMPACTS FROM ISAAC EXTEND
OUTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE
CURRENTLY OCCASIONALLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
THESE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INCREASE IN RAINFALL
MAINLY EAST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO PECAN ISLAND LINE. MEANWHILE TIDES ALONG
THE ATCHAFALAYA AND VERMILION BAYS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DURING THE STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY
LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY.

HAVE A WELL-CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY
DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...
AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES AROUND 5:30 AM CDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

LAZ043>045-052>055-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

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

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. REMAIN ALERT AND STAY
INSIDE. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.

MOST SCHOOLS ARE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY. CURFEWS ARE
ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MANY PARISHES. FOR MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CLOSURES AND CURFEWS REFER TO INFORMATION FROM LOCAL SCHOOL AND
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...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 100 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. AVERAGE TOTAL STORM RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY OCCUR
TONIGHT WITH TROPICAL STORM GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
55 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MANY MOBILE HOMES... ESPECIALLY
THOSE THAT HAVE CANOPIES...AWNINGS...OR CARPORTS. POORLY
CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY SUSTAIN MINOR WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF
REMOVAL. OTHER HOMES MAY HAVE MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. SOME
LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL
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.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS WINDS BECOME MORE ONSHORE...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR
COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS 2 TO 4 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING
IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO REALIZE THE GREATEST FLOODING
INCLUDE THE EASTERN SIDE OF VERMILION AND ATCHAFALAYA BAYS...
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BURNS POINT AND CYPREMORT POINT
AREAS. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD OF IMPACT WILL BE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR...WHICH MAY BECOME SUBSTANTIAL
IF CONDITIONS EXTEND THROUGH MULTIPLE HIGH TIDES. SOME ROADS IN
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED.

$$

LAZ028-029-032-033-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

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

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. REMAIN ALERT AND STAY
INSIDE. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.

MOST SCHOOLS ARE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY. CURFEWS ARE
ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MANY PARISHES. FOR MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CLOSURES AND CURFEWS REFER TO INFORMATION FROM LOCAL SCHOOL AND
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...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 100 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. AVERAGE TOTAL STORM RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 2 TO 4INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

...WINDS...
OCCASIONAL SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY NEAR THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN.
OTHERWISE...OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO
40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO
OLDER MOBILE HOMES. 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.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE FOR TORNADOES EARLY THURSDAY NEAR
THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF
ISAAC.

$$

LAZ027-030-031-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
VERNON-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

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

MOST SCHOOLS ARE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY. FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND OTHER LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CLOSURES REFER TO INFORMATION FROM LOCAL SCHOOL AND
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...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 88 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

$$

LAZ041-042-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

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

MOST SCHOOLS ARE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY. FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND OTHER LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CLOSURES REFER TO INFORMATION FROM LOCAL SCHOOL AND
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

&&

...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 89 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

$$

LAZ074-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
EAST CAMERON-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

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

CAMERON PARISH SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY.

&&

...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 90 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
OCCASIONAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND...WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME ONSHORE DURING THURSDAY. TIDE LEVELS RUNNING
1 TO 2 FEET BELOW NORMAL ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE. THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP
TO 1 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...
RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION UP TO 1 FEET ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

$$

GMZ432-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CALCASIEU LAKE-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...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 26 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. LAKE WATERS WILL BE ROUGH.

$$

GMZ435-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
VERMILION BAY-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...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
100 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
OCCASIONAL SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
40 KNOTS. BAY WATERS WILL BE VERY ROUGH.

$$

GMZ452-455-472-475-310430-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
1125 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

...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
LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 100 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BE 4 TO 6 FEET NEAR SHORE AND 8 TO 11 FEET
BEYOND 20 NM.

$$

RUA




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