[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Tue Jun 20 16:30:40 CDT 2017

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TROPICAL STORM CINDY LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  AL032017
430 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2017

THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS

**CINDY MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF**

NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALLEN, BEAUREGARD,
      HARDIN, NORTHERN JASPER, NORTHERN NEWTON, SOUTHERN JASPER,
      SOUTHERN NEWTON, TYLER, AND VERNON

* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ACADIA, ALLEN,
      BEAUREGARD, CALCASIEU, EAST CAMERON, HARDIN, IBERIA, JEFFERSON,
      JEFFERSON DAVIS, LAFAYETTE, LOWER ST. MARTIN, NORTHERN JASPER,
      NORTHERN NEWTON, ORANGE, SOUTHERN JASPER, SOUTHERN NEWTON, ST.
      MARY, TYLER, UPPER ST. MARTIN, VERMILION, VERNON, AND WEST
      CAMERON

* STORM INFORMATION:
    - ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LA OR ABOUT 260
      MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY LA
    - 25.7N 90.6W
    - STORM INTENSITY 45 MPH
    - MOVEMENT STATIONARY

SITUATION OVERVIEW
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AS OF 4 PM CDT, TROPICAL STORM CINDY HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT
STATIONARY, MEANDERING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO
RESUME A NORTHWEST MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND UPPER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN STREAMING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR
MUCH OF THE DAY AS WELL AS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY RISKS
WITH THESE RAINBANDS WILL HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED
FLOODING, AS WELL AS A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA COASTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I-10 AND EAST
OF CAMERON. THESE TROPICAL STORM WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION IS FORECAST TO
MAKE LANDFALL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. COASTAL AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE
CENTER OF CIRCULATION COULD POSSIBLY SEE 1 TO 3 FEET OF INUNDATION.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
    - LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
    - RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER CURRENTS.
      SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME SWOLLEN
      AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
    - FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
      VULNERABLE SPOTS. A FEW PLACES WHERE RAPID PONDING OF WATER
      OCCURS AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
      AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
      NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
      CLOSURES.

* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
    - DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
      MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
    - MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
      UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE
      SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
    - A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
      OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
      BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
    - SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.

* TORNADOES:
PROTECT AGAINST A TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS
ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. POTENTIAL IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
    - THE OCCURRENCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION
      OF EMERGENCY PLANS DURING TROPICAL EVENTS.
    - A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH POWER
      AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
    - LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS PEELED OFF BUILDINGS, CHIMNEYS
      TOPPLED, MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED,
      LARGE TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES
      KNOCKED OVER, MOVING VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS, AND SMALL BOATS
      PULLED FROM MOORINGS.

* SURGE:
PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS
ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. POTENTIAL
IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
    - LOCALIZED INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING MAINLY ALONG
      IMMEDIATE SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS, OR IN AREAS
      FARTHER INLAND ALONG RIVERS AND BAYOUS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GULF.
    - SECTIONS OF ROADS AND PARKING LOTS NEAR BODIES OF WATER MAY
      BECOME OVERSPREAD WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS
      DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
    - MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF ALSO BREACHING DUNES, MAINLY
      IN USUALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
    - MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, AND PIERS.
      A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LITTLE TO
NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING TO COMPLETION ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN.

KEEP CELL PHONES WELL CHARGED AND HANDY. ALSO, CELL PHONE CHARGERS FOR
AUTOMOBILES CAN BE HELPFUL AFTER THE STORM. LOCATE YOUR CHARGERS AND
KEEP THEM WITH YOUR CELL PHONE.

IN EMERGENCIES IT IS BEST TO REMAIN CALM. STAY INFORMED AND FOCUSED
ON THE SITUATION AT HAND. EXERCISE PATIENCE WITH THOSE YOU ENCOUNTER.
BE A GOOD SAMARITAN AND HELPFUL TO OTHERS.

IF YOU ARE A VISITOR AND STILL IN THE AREA, LISTEN FOR THE NAME OF THE
CITY OR TOWN IN WHICH YOU ARE STAYING WITHIN LOCAL NEWS UPDATES. BE
SURE YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE COUNTY OR PARISH IN WHICH IT RESIDES. PAY
ATTENTION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

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

* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG

NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA AROUND 7 PM CDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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