[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
709 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

.AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT
80 MILES...135 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA AND
ABOUT 285 MILES...460 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.  A TURN
TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH A WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY.  BY TUESDAY
MORNING THE CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST OR THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND EDOUARD COULD BE NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE
REACHING THE COASTLINE.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.


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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
709 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

EDOUARD STILL MOVING WEST WITH NO RECENT CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD BE PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
BEGINNING BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON
THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM
FORCE DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE BY VERY LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11:30 AM CDT.

$$

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CAMERON-VERMILION-JEFFERSON-
709 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
EVACUATION ORDERED FOR LOWER CAMERON PARISH.
EDOUARD STILL MOVING WEST WITH NO RECENT CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CAMERON OEP HAS ORDERED AN EVACUATION FOR RESIDENTS OF LOWER CAMERON
PARISH. A SHELTER WILL BE SET UP AT THE PURPLE HEART RECREATION
CENTER AT 4305 AVENUE H IN LAKE CHARLES NEAR CHENNAULT AIRPORT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE OR POSSIBLE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO MOBILE HOMES. A FEW HOUSES MAY ALSO
HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. UNSECURED
LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES
COULD BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW BEGINNING
LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

HIGH TIDE IN CAMERON ON MONDAY IS AT 4:54 PM CDT AND AT 5:49 AM
ON TUESDAY MORNING. SECONDARY ROADS OFF HIGHWAY 82 AND LOW SPOTS
IN HIGHWAY 82 MAY BEGIN TO HAVE MINOR FLOODING TONIGHT...WITH SOME
MINOR BACKWATER FLOODING ALONG A SMALL SECTION OF MAIN STREET IN
FRONT OF THE CAMERON COURTHOUSE. WATER LEVELS COULD BE HIGHER IF
EDOUARD STRENGTHENS OR MOVES FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

HIGH TIDE IN SABINE PASS ON MONDAY IS AT 5:50 PM CDT AND AT 6:45
AM CDT ON TUESDAY MORNING. STARTING THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...SOME FLOODING WITH AROUND 6 INCHES OF WATER ACROSS
HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND PORT ARTHUR...ALONG WITH
SEVERAL STREETS IN SABINE PASS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS HAS BEEN
RECORED WITH SIMILAR WATER LEVELS IN THE PAST. WATER LEVELS COULD
BE HIGHER IF EDOUARD STRENGTHENS OR MOVES FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

HIGH TIDE AT VERMILION BAY ON MONDAY IS AT 6:36 PM CDT AND AT 7:31
AM CDT ON TUESDAY MORNING. WATER MAY APPROACH SOME OF THE ROADS
SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM
FORCE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON IN VERMILION PARISH...ON MONDAY
EVENING IN CAMERON PARISH AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT...MAINLY
SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH NEAR
THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST CAMERON PARISH AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IF EDOUARD STRENGTHENS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME
FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF
THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY
NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11:30 AM CDT.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-
709 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

EDOUARD STILL MOVING WEST WITH NO RECENT CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD BE PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
BEGINNING BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING TODAY WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WILL BEGIN BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY EVENING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11:30 AM CDT.

$$

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IBERIA-ST. MARY-
709 AM CDT MON AUG 4 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

EDOUARD STILL MOVING WEST WITH NO RECENT CHANGE IN STRENGTH.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS FROM SQUALLS.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO MOBILE HOMES. A FEW HOUSES MAY ALSO
HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. UNSECURED
LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES
COULD BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW BEGINNING
MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

HIGH TIDE AT VERMILION BAY ON MONDAY IS AT 6:36 PM CDT AND AT
7:31 AM CDT ON TUESDAY MORNING. WATER MAY APPROACH SOME OF THE
ROADS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY DURING TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING TODAY WITH GUSTS TO NEAR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS OVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
MONDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

...INLAND FLOODING...

AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED INLAND
WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE COAST. SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND
LOW LYING URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT IN SOME OF THE OUTER RAIN BANDS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11:30 AM CDT.

$$

RUA





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