[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KAREN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1118 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013

...TROPICAL STORM KAREN MOVING NORTH...

.NEW INFORMATION...
DISORGANIZED KAREN APPROACHING THE CENTRAL COASTAL OF LOUISIANA.

.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 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.9N...LONGITUDE 91.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 160 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LA...OR ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
MORGAN CITY LA. STORM MOTION WAS N OR 355 DEGREES AT 7 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DISORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM KAREN IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD THIS
MORNING TURNING TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. HIGHER SWELLS FROM
KAREN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS WILL
APPROACH TROPICAL STORM FORCE THIS MORNING CONTINUING INTO THE
AFTERNOON.

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

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...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 ...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

GMZ455-475-060030-
/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-
1118 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 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...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 29 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL
STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

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

SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE 7 TO 8 FEET BETWEEN 20 AND 60 NAUTICAL
MILES...AND THEN STEADILY DECREASING TO BETWEEN 5 TO 7 FEET BY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

$$



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