[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1008 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2004

...IVAN MADE LANDFALL NEAR CAMERON LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AND HAS
BEEN DOWNGRADED FROM A TROPICAL STORM TO A DEPRESSION. AS A RESULT...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...AS WELL AS IBERIA...VERMILION...SAINT MARY...IBERIA...
CAMERON...AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BUT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR ALL
LOUISIANA PARISHES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON
AND ORANGE COUNTIES UNTIL 12:30 AM.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL COASTAL LOUISIANA
PARISHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN WAS LOCATED AT
29.8 NORTH...93.5 WEST... ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMERON
LOUISIANA.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.
A SLOW TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING
IS EXPECTED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON...VERMILION...
IBERIA...AND ST. MARY PARISHES IN LOUISIANA. ONSHORE FLOW WILL
PRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL FLOODING MAINLY DURING HIGH TIDE.
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

CAMERON...HIGH TIDE OF 2.7 FEET FRIDAY MORNING AT 1:43 AM.

VERMILION BAY....HIGH TIDE OF 2.2 FEET AT 3:25 AM.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THE
RAINBANDS OF IVAN MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PARISHES OF
LOUISIANA AND COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 7AM
FRIDAY. UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF
JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. ANOTHER
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY...
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH EARLY
MORNING WITH WINDS DECREASING TOWARDS SUNRISE.

...RIVERS...
MINOR BACKWATER TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ALONG
THE LOWER CALCASIEU RIVER DUE TO ONSHORE WINDS TO THE RIGHT AND IN
THE WAKE OF THE CENTER OF IVAN.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR IVAN...

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WILEY

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