[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KAREN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 AM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY TO THE MOUTH OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS EXPANDED WEST TO INCLUDE COASTAL WATERS
FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO THE MOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA RIVER.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF GULF OF MEXICO WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL LAKES
AND BAYS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL LAKES AND
BAYS.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.6N...LONGITUDE 90.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LA. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR
330 DEGREES AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
A SLIGHT WEST SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK HAS REQUIRED THE
ISSUANCE OF TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS.


&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

GMZ455-475-050030-
/O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1012.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
1125 AM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 51 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM KAREN APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS
TO 50 KNOTS.

SEAS TODAY ARE FORECAST ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 5 AND
10 FEET BETWEEN 20 AND 60 NM AND INCREASE FURTHER TO BETWEEN 7 AND
17 FEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FROM THE COAST TO 20 NM OFFSHORE...SEAS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE 2
TO 5 FEET TONIGHT AND 2 TO 7 FEET ON SATURDAY.

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