[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
409 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...HURRICANE IVAN MOVING NORTHWEST OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
COAST FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO WEST OF GRAND ISLE.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXTENDING EASTWARD TO ST MARY PARISH IN SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 24.2 N 86.6 W...WHICH IS 560
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON OR 515 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL
CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE
140 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS NEAR THE COAST SHOULD BE ALERT TO COASTAL FLOODING
DEVELOPING THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ESPECIALLY
DURING PERIODS OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
AT 400 PM...COASTAL TIDE READINGS WERE AROUND 4 FEET. THESE READINGS
WILL INCREASE TO 4 1/2 FEET DURING HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 3 AM AND 5 AM
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS
OR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL KEEP RAINFALL AMOUNTS MINIMAL OVERNIGHT.
RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH AND
GUSTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...EAST WINDS 15 KNOTS
WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT
WEST OF VERMILION BAY AND 25 TO 30 KNOTS EAST OF VERMILION BAY TO
THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED UPDATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 700 PM.

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