[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
420 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

...CORRECTED FOR WARNING SECTION...

...HURRICANE IVAN MOVING NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...
...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FROM INTRACOASTAL
CITY TO MORGAN CITY...
...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL
CITY TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR VERMILION...
IBERIA...AND SAINT MARY PARISHES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 PM CDT...IVAN WAS LOCATED AT 28.4 NORTH...88.3 WEST...WHICH IS
317 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON...250 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY...OR 196 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY.

HURRICANE IVAN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 14 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
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA 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 EVENING HOURS. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN VERMILION BAY WILL BE AT 456
PM TODAY WITH A LOW TIDE EXPECTED AT 1055 PM TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER
HIGH TIDE AT 516 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

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

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN TOTALS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER
OF AN INCH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
NORTH WINDS 15 MPH AND GUSTY CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WEST
OF CAMERON...EXPECT NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS...AND FROM CAMERON
THROUGH THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER WINDS WILL BE NORTH AT 20 TO 25
KNOTS AND GUSTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT CONCERNING HURRICANE IVAN ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

$$

LANDRENEAU

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