[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...KAREN REMAINS DISORGANIZED...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TIMING OF THE TRACK HAS BEEN SLOWED A BIT.

.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 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.9N...LONGITUDE 90.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 250 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LA. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR
335 DEGREES AT 7 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
POORLY DISORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM KAREN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY NORTHWARDS TONIGHT. SWELLS AS RESULT OF KAREN ARE STARTING
TO GET INTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. THE ONSET OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY
EXPECTED REACHING THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING.

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.


&&

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

GMZ455-475-050645-
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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 FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
439 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

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

...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 63 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERALUPWARD TREND SINCE THE
LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM KAREN APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS
TO 45 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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