[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR NEXT UPDATE AT BOTTOM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

...HURRICANE IVAN MOVING NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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 10 AM CDT...IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 27.3 N 88.0 W. WHICH IS 364 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON...303 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY...OR
253 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY.

HURRICANE IVAN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 13 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IVAN IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST
DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 135 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS NEAR THE COAST SHOULD BE ALERT TO MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE VALUES WILL RUN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET TODAY. THIS MEANS
OVERALL TIDAL READINGS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 FEET
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VERMILION
BAY WILL BE AT 456 PM TODAY.

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

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
THERE IS ONLY A CHANCE OF RAIN IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. RAIN TOTALS WILL BE LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF AN INCH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF CAMERON...
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 15 TO 20
KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. FROM CAMERON THROUGH THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER WINDS WILL BE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 KNOTS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED UPDATE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 430 PM
WEDNESDAY.

$$

MCNATT



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