[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS84 KLCH 142155 CCA
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LAZ043>045-052>055-150330-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
454 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004

...HURRICANE IVAN MOVING NORTHWEST OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO
MORGAN CITY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO VERMILION...IBERIA...SAINT MARY...ACADIA...
LAFAYETTE...AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VERMILION...IBERIA...AND
SAINT MARY PARISHES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 24.2 N 86.6 W...WHICH IS 560
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON...515 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL
CITY...OR 475 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY.

HURRICANE IVAN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 140 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE VALUES WILL RUN AROUND 2 FEET OVERNIGHT. THIS MEANS
OVERALL TIDAL READINGS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 FEET
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VERMILION
BAY WILL BE AT 507 AM WEDNESDAY.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT. RAIN TOTALS WILL
BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.

...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 1030 PM.

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