[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KAREN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1036 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013

...KAREN LOSING PUNCH IN THE CENTRAL GULF OE MEXICO...

.NEW INFORMATION...
KAREN CONTINUES TO BE VERY DISORGANIZED AND SLOWLY WEAKEN.

.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 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4N...LONGITUDE 90.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 290 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LA...OR ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
MORGAN CITY LA. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 7 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM KAREN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY NORTH NORTHWESTWARD OVERNIGHT. HIGHER SWELLS FROM KAREN
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BY
DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

.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 AROUND 6 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GMZ455-475-051300-
/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-
1036 PM 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 HAVE ALREADY
COMPLETED THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
DOWN TO 53 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE
THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM KAREN APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS
SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
RANGE BETWEEN 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 KNOTS.

SEAS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 FEET BETWEEN 20
AND 60 NAUTICAL MILES OVERNIGHT...AND INCREASE FURTHER BETWEEN 7
AND 16 FEET AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.

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