[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1100 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES...ACADIA...IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...LOWER SAINT
MARTIN...SAINT MARY...UPPER SAINT MARTIN...AND VERMILION...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE RESIDENTS IN ACADIA...IBERIA...
LAFAYETTE...SAINT MARY...UPPER AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN...AND
VERMILION PARISHES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...ACADIA...IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...LOWER SAINT MARTIN...SAINT
MARY...UPPER SAINT MARTIN...AND VERMILION.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 165 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS EXPECTED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF ACADIANA CAN RESUME NORMAL ACTIVITIES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
NO TORNADO THREAT AT THIS TIME.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE EAST OF ACADIANA.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST TODAY BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH ACROSS
ACADIANA.

...RIVERS...
ALL RIVERS ARE WELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON TROPICAL STORM CINDY FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES.

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ERICKSON

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