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Hurricane Local Statement 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this hurricane local statement at Sep 2, 2008, 1:55 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 9 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2008, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2008, 12:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WTUS84 KLCH 020655
HLSLCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
155 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...GUSTAV CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...
.AT 100 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 30
MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF GUSTAV ACROSS WESTERN LOUISIANA AND INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...OR 28.94 INCHES.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
6 TO 12 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO
20 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS MORNING.
LAZ028-029-021000-
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AVOYELLES-RAPIDES-
155 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
GUSTAV CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
AVOYELLES...RAPIDES.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
AREAL FLOOD WARNING.
WIND ADVISORY.
...WINDS...
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUST UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
INLAND WIND HAZARDS.
NEWNPWLCH...NON PRECIPIATION BULLETIN.
...INLAND FLOODING...
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF AREA
RIVERS THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION TO
RIVER FLOODING ON SOME OF THE AREA RIVERS...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
HEAVIER RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV HAVE EXITED
OFF TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER...EARLIER THIS EVENING...RAINFALL OF 5
TO 7 INCHES FELL ACROSS MUCH OF RAPIDES...AVOYELLES AND CENTRAL
EVANGELINE PARISHES. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME
FLOODING THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST AT
GLENMORA. THE RIVER AT GLENMORA IS FORECAST TO GET TO 13 FEET BY
NEXT SATURDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT GLENMORA IS 12 FEET. RISES TO NEAR
FLOOD STAGE OR MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE CALCASIEU
RIVER FROM GLENMORA TO THE CALCASIEU SALT WATER BARRIER.
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
HYDROLOGIC HAZARDS.
NEWFFALCH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
NEWFLWLCH...AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS.
NEWFLSLCH...AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR GUSTAV.
$$
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VERNON-
155 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
GUSTAV CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
VERNON.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
WIND ADVISORY.
...WINDS...
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUST UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
INLAND WIND HAZARDS.
NEWNPWLCH...NON PRECIPIATION BULLETIN.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF AREA
RIVERS THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION TO
RIVER FLOODING ON SOME OF THE AREA RIVERS...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
HYDROLOGIC HAZARDS.
NEWFLWLCH...AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS.
NEWFLSLCH...AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR GUSTAV.
$$
LAZ053-054-021000-
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IBERIA-ST. MARY-
155 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
GUSTAV CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
IBERIA...ST. MARY.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IBERIA PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
ST. MARY PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
PLEASE ADHERE TO FUTURE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV PASSES BY TO THE NORTH...THE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE FROM A SOUTHWESTERLY TO SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. THESE WINDS
WILL RESULT IN SOME ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AROUND TO THE NORTHERN AND
EASTERN SIDE OF VERMILION BAY. TOTAL TIDE LEVELS OF 3 TO 4 FEET
MLLW (MEAN LOWER LOW WATER) CAN BE EXPECTED AT IBERIA PARISH WHILE
TOTAL TIDE LEVELS OF 4 TO 5 FEET MLLW CAN BE EXPECTED IN ST. MARY
PARISH.
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
COASTAL HAZARDS.
NEWCFWLCH...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS.
NEWCFSLCH...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR GUSTAV.
$$
LAZ030>033-041>045-051-052-055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-021000-
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ACADIA-ALLEN-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
NEWTON-ORANGE-ST. LANDRY-TYLER-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-
155 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
GUSTAV CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
ACADIA...ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...
EVANGELINE...HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...NEWTON...ORANGE...ST. LANDRY...
TYLER...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVACUATION INFORMATION:
VERMILION PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
CAMERON PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
ACADIA PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92.
ALLEN PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LOWER AND UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISHES.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
ORANGE COUNTY.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
HARDIN COUNTY.
A MANDATORY EVACUATION REMAINS IN EFFECT.
PLEASE ADHERE TO FUTURE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND
EAST TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS THAT
WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION TO RIVER FLOODING
ON SOME OF THE AREA RIVERS...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH...HEAVIER RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV HAVE EXITED OFF TO THE NORTH.
HOWEVER...EARLIER THIS EVENING...RAINFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES FELL
ACROSS MUCH OF RAPIDES...AVOYELLES AND CENTRAL EVANGELINE
PARISHES. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING THROUGH
MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST AT
GLENMORA. THE RIVER AT GLENMORA IS FORECAST TO GET TO 13 FEET BY
NEXT SATURDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT GLENMORA IS 12 FEET. RISES TO NEAR
FLOOD STAGE OR MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE CALCASIEU
RIVER FROM GLENMORA TO THE CALCASIEU SALT WATER BARRIER.
ON WHISKEY CHITTO CREEK...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE WHISKEY
CHITTO AT MITTIE...WHERE THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO ITS FLOOD
STAGE OF 15 FEET NEXT FRIDAY.
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG BAYOU NEZPIQUE...WHICH IS
FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 22 FEET ON FRIDAY.
AT THIS TIME...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE VERMILION RIVER
FROM LAFAYETTE TO PERRY. AT SURREY STREET IN LAFAYETTE THE CURRENT
RIVER CREST FORECAST IS 13 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER
HAS ALREADY REACHED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET.
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
HYDROLOGIC HAZARDS.
NEWFLWLCH...AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS.
NEWFLSLCH...AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR GUSTAV.
$$
135 follow-up statements
000 WTUS84 KLCH 102306 HLSLCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GULF COAST... .AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 720 MILES EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 370 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A TURN BACK TO A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND A MOSTLY WEST- NORTHWESTWARD MOTION THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 958 MB...28.29 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE COASTS OF CUBA AND IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ALONG MUCH OF THE NORTH COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...BUT WILL BE INCREASING ALONG THE WESTERN GULF COAST AS IKE APPROACHES. IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER WESTERN CUBA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE LIFE- THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. LAZ051-110515- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.HU.A.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ CAMERON- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: CAMERON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR CAMERON PARISH AS OF 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LAST RESORT SHELTER WILL OPEN AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER AT 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR CAMERON PARISH RESIDENTS ONLY. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY RECEIVE SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR CAMERON PARISH...MOST SECTIONS OF COASTAL ROADS OF LA 82...LA 27...AND LA 1141 WILL BE FLOODED...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR THE GIBBSTOWN BRIDGE. MOST LOW LYING AREAS AROUND CALCASIEU LAKE WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HACKBERRY AND GRAND LAKE EAST TO BOONES CORNER NEAR LA 385 AND LA 384. ...WINDS... CAMERON PARISH WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL LIKELY SPREAD NORTH OF CAMERON PARISH INTO JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISHES AS WELL DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 45 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS CAMERON PARISH WITH A 6 TO 12 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...TORNADOES... AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 11 PM TONIGHT. $$ TXZ215-110515- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.HU.A.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: JEFFERSON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLO OD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MOST MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. SOME OF POOR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...AND GUTTERS. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. DOZENS OF WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND ROTTING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. AT THESE WATER LEVELS...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND WINNIE WILL LIKELY HAVE STORM SURGE FLOODING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG HILLEBRANDT AND TAYLOR BAYOUS BETWEEN FANNETT AND LA BELLE. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG COW BAYOU BETWEEN ORANGEFIELD AND BRIDGE CITY. MOST IF NOT ALL ROADS IN SABINE PASS WILL BE FLOODED. SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 73/87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED AS WELL. ...WINDS... JEFFERSON...ORANGE...AND HARDIN COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 10 TO 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...WITH A 50 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE NECHES RIVER AT BEAUMONT...SABINE RIVER AT ORANGE. PLEASE SEE THE STORM SURGE SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREATS FROM THE STORM SURGE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH IKE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ LAZ052>054-110515- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-VERMILION- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: IBERIA...ST. MARY...VERMILION. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR MINOR DAMAGE TO OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL APPROACH THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961 AND TROPICAL STORM FRANCES OF 1998. FOR VERMILION PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING INTRACOASTAL CITY AND PECAN ISLAND. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR UP TO HIGHWAY 335...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF COW ISLAND...FORKED ISLAND...ESTHER...HENRY...AND DELCAMBRE. FOR IBERIA PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LA 14 AND US 90 WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING...CUTTING OFF WEEKS ISLAND. ACROSS ST. MARY PARISH...STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 4 TO 5 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. AT THESE LEVELS...AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...INCLUDING CYPREMORT POINT...WILL BE FLOODED. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. DUE TO THE EXPECTED TRACK OF IKE COMING INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE FURTHER NORTH INTO ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...OR ST. MARTIN PARISHES. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS VERMILION...IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES ARE 40 TO 50 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE GROUND IS QUITE SATURATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DUE TO THE RAINS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW RIVER FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE VERMILION RIVER AT PERRY UP TO LAFAYETTE. PLEASE SEE THE STORM SURGE SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREATS FROM THE STORM SURGE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH IKE. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES BEGINNING FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ GMZ452-455-472-475-110515- /O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.0001.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEGINNING TOMORROW. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILE ZONES FROM CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACH THE SOUTH CENTRAL COASTLINE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ GMZ450-470-110515- /O.NEW.KLCH.HU.A.0001.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM... WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD BEGIN TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILE ZONES FROM CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACH THE SOUTH CENTRAL COASTLINE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-055-TXZ180>182-201-216-110515- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-EVANGELINE-HARDIN- JASPER-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE- RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-TYLER-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERNON- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL NEW INFORMATION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU... EVANGELINE...HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE... LOWER ST. MARTIN...NEWTON...ORANGE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY... TYLER...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERNON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... FOR CALCASIEU PARISH: STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL INTO LAKE CHARLES LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. AT THESE LEVELS...COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER BASIN SUCH AS DEATONVILLE...VINCENT LANDING JUST SOUTHEAST OF CARLYSS...AND LOCKMOOR JUST SOUTH OF WESTLAKE WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING. AREAS WITHIN LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE I-10 AND I-210 BRIDGES...AREAS NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER...AND THE LAKE CHARLES BEACH WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS WELL. ...WINDS... FOR CALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL LIKELY SPREAD NORTH OF CAMERON PARISH INTO JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISHES DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATTER TONIGHT. ORANGE...AND HARDIN COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATTER TONIGHT. ACROSS TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED LATTER TONIGHT. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE PASSING RAINBANDS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT ALL AREAS. THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA...30 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND 30 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE GROUND IS QUITE SATURATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DUE TO THE RAINS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW RIVER FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. AT THIS TIME THE ONLY RIVERS THAT ARE FORECAST TO GO INTO FLOOD IS THE LOWER CALCASIEU RIVER FROM THE SALT WATER BARRIER TO OLD TOWN BAY AND THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU FROM HOUSTON RIVER TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER DUE TO TIDAL BACKUP UP THE CALCASIEU RIVER. AT THIS TIME ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND HOMES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE SALT WATER BARRIER. RIVER ROAD IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES AND MUCH OF MIMMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE WILL BECOME WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. GOOS FERRY ROAD NEAR OLD TOWN BAY WILL ALSO BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU WATER WILL BE ON LOW SPOTS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AND HAVE WATER ON IT. WATER WILL ALSO BE OVER SOME BOAT DOCKS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AND OVER BOAT RAMPS AT SAM HOUSTON JONES STATE PARK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE NECHES RIVER AT BEAUMONT...SABINE RIVER AT ORANGE AND THE VERMILION RIVER AT PERRY UP TO LAFAYETTE. PLEASE SEE THE STORM SURGE SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREATS FROM THE STORM SURGE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH IKE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11 PM. $$ BRAZZELL/LANDRENEAU
000 WTUS84 KLCH 102320 CCA HLSLCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 620 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GULF COAST... .AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 720 MILES EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 370 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A TURN BACK TO A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND A MOSTLY WEST- NORTHWESTWARD MOTION THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 958 MB...28.29 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE COASTS OF CUBA AND IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ALONG MUCH OF THE NORTH COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...BUT WILL BE INCREASING ALONG THE WESTERN GULF COAST AS IKE APPROACHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. LAZ051-110515- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.HU.A.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ CAMERON- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: CAMERON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR CAMERON PARISH AS OF 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LAST RESORT SHELTER WILL OPEN AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER AT 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR CAMERON PARISH RESIDENTS ONLY. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. MINOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR TO MANY MOBILE HOMES. POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY RECEIVE SOME WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. A FEW HOUSES MAY HAVE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND SIDING. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED. SOME ROTTING SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...AND ROTTEN LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. NUMEROUS SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR CAMERON PARISH...MOST SECTIONS OF COASTAL ROADS OF LA 82...LA 27...AND LA 1141 WILL BE FLOODED...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR THE GIBBSTOWN BRIDGE. MOST LOW LYING AREAS AROUND CALCASIEU LAKE WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HACKBERRY AND GRAND LAKE EAST TO BOONES CORNER NEAR LA 385 AND LA 384. ...WINDS... CAMERON PARISH WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL LIKELY SPREAD NORTH OF CAMERON PARISH INTO JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISHES AS WELL DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 45 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS CAMERON PARISH WITH A 6 TO 12 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...TORNADOES... AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 11 PM TONIGHT. $$ TXZ215-110515- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.HU.A.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: JEFFERSON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLO OD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MOST MOBILE HOMES WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. SOME OF POOR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...AND GUTTERS. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. DOZENS OF WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND ROTTING SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. AT THESE WATER LEVELS...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND WINNIE WILL LIKELY HAVE STORM SURGE FLOODING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG HILLEBRANDT AND TAYLOR BAYOUS BETWEEN FANNETT AND LA BELLE. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG COW BAYOU BETWEEN ORANGEFIELD AND BRIDGE CITY. MOST IF NOT ALL ROADS IN SABINE PASS WILL BE FLOODED. SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 73/87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED AS WELL. ...WINDS... JEFFERSON...ORANGE...AND HARDIN COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 10 TO 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...WITH A 50 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE NECHES RIVER AT BEAUMONT...SABINE RIVER AT ORANGE. PLEASE SEE THE STORM SURGE SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREATS FROM THE STORM SURGE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH IKE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ LAZ052>054-110515- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.1009.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-VERMILION- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: IBERIA...ST. MARY...VERMILION. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR MINOR DAMAGE TO OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL APPROACH THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961 AND TROPICAL STORM FRANCES OF 1998. FOR VERMILION PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING INTRACOASTAL CITY AND PECAN ISLAND. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR UP TO HIGHWAY 335...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF COW ISLAND...FORKED ISLAND...ESTHER...HENRY...AND DELCAMBRE. FOR IBERIA PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LA 14 AND US 90 WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING...CUTTING OFF WEEKS ISLAND. ACROSS ST. MARY PARISH...STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 4 TO 5 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. AT THESE LEVELS...AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...INCLUDING CYPREMORT POINT...WILL BE FLOODED. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. DUE TO THE EXPECTED TRACK OF IKE COMING INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS COAST...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE FURTHER NORTH INTO ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...OR ST. MARTIN PARISHES. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS VERMILION...IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES ARE 40 TO 50 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE GROUND IS QUITE SATURATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DUE TO THE RAINS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW RIVER FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE VERMILION RIVER AT PERRY UP TO LAFAYETTE. PLEASE SEE THE STORM SURGE SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREATS FROM THE STORM SURGE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH IKE. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES BEGINNING FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ GMZ452-455-472-475-110515- /O.NEW.KLCH.TR.W.0001.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEGINNING TOMORROW. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILE ZONES FROM CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACH THE SOUTH CENTRAL COASTLINE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ GMZ450-470-110515- /O.NEW.KLCH.HU.A.0001.080910T2306Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM... WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD BEGIN TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILE ZONES FROM CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACH THE SOUTH CENTRAL COASTLINE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 PM. $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-055-TXZ180>182-201-216-110515- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-EVANGELINE-HARDIN- JASPER-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE- RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-TYLER-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERNON- 606 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL NEW INFORMATION. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU... EVANGELINE...HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE... LOWER ST. MARTIN...NEWTON...ORANGE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY... TYLER...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERNON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... FOR CALCASIEU PARISH: STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL INTO LAKE CHARLES LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS PREDICTED TO BE OVER 2 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...THE TOTAL WATER LEVELS OF 5 TO 7 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND. AT THESE LEVELS...COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER BASIN SUCH AS DEATONVILLE...VINCENT LANDING JUST SOUTHEAST OF CARLYSS...AND LOCKMOOR JUST SOUTH OF WESTLAKE WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING. AREAS WITHIN LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE I-10 AND I-210 BRIDGES...AREAS NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER...AND THE LAKE CHARLES BEACH WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS WELL. ...WINDS... FOR CALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL LIKELY SPREAD NORTH OF CAMERON PARISH INTO JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISHES DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATTER TONIGHT. ORANGE...AND HARDIN COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATTER TONIGHT. ACROSS TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED LATTER TONIGHT. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE PASSING RAINBANDS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT ALL AREAS. THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA...30 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND 30 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE GROUND IS QUITE SATURATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DUE TO THE RAINS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW RIVER FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. AT THIS TIME THE ONLY RIVERS THAT ARE FORECAST TO GO INTO FLOOD IS THE LOWER CALCASIEU RIVER FROM THE SALT WATER BARRIER TO OLD TOWN BAY AND THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU FROM HOUSTON RIVER TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER DUE TO TIDAL BACKUP UP THE CALCASIEU RIVER. AT THIS TIME ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND HOMES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE SALT WATER BARRIER. RIVER ROAD IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES AND MUCH OF MIMMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE WILL BECOME WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. GOOS FERRY ROAD NEAR OLD TOWN BAY WILL ALSO BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU WATER WILL BE ON LOW SPOTS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AND HAVE WATER ON IT. WATER WILL ALSO BE OVER SOME BOAT DOCKS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AND OVER BOAT RAMPS AT SAM HOUSTON JONES STATE PARK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE NECHES RIVER AT BEAUMONT...SABINE RIVER AT ORANGE AND THE VERMILION RIVER AT PERRY UP TO LAFAYETTE. PLEASE SEE THE STORM SURGE SECTION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREATS FROM THE STORM SURGE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH IKE. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 11 PM. $$ BRAZZELL/LANDRENEAU/SWEENEY
000 WTUS84 KLCH 110346 HLSLCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...LARGE HURRICANE IKE SLOWLY HEADED NORTHWESTWARD... .AT 1000 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. A TURN BACK TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY ON THURSDAY...AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. ALTHOUGH FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD...AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 944 MB...27.88 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. LAZ041-TXZ201-216-111000- /O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.TI.A.0001.080911T1500Z-080912T1400Z/ CALCASIEU-HARDIN-ORANGE- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: CALCASIEU...HARDIN...ORANGE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MAJOR FLOODING)...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET BY VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR CALCASIEU PARISH: AT THESE LEVELS...COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER BASIN SUCH AS DEATONVILLE...VINCENT LANDING JUST SOUTHEAST OF CARLYSS...AND LOCKMOOR JUST SOUTH OF WESTLAKE WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING. AREAS WITHIN LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE I-10 AND I-210 BRIDGES...AREAS NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER...AND THE LAKE CHARLES BEACH WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS WELL. FOR ORANGE COUNTY: AT THESE LEVELS...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED. ...WINDS... CALCASIEU PARISH...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON ON FRIDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ORANGE AND HARDIN COUNTIES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TO 40 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. ...INLAND FLOODING... AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG MAINSTEM RIVERS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. AT THIS TIME...THE ONLY RIVERS THAT ARE FORECAST TO GO INTO FLOOD IS THE LOWER CALCASIEU RIVER FROM THE SALT WATER BARRIER TO OLD TOWN BAY...AND THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU FROM HOUSTON RIVER TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER DUE TO TIDAL BACKUP UP THE CALCASIEU RIVER. AT THIS TIME ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND HOMES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE SALT WATER BARRIER. RIVER ROAD IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES AND MUCH OF MIMMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. GOOS FERRY ROAD NEAR OLD TOWN BAY WILL ALSO WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU...WATER WILL BE ON LOW SPOTS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD. WATER WILL ALSO BE OVER SOME BOAT DOCKS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AND OVER BOAT RAMPS AT SAM HOUSTON JONES STATE PARK. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ LAZ051-111000- /O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CAMERON- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: CAMERON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR LOWER CAMERON PARISH AS OF 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LAST RESORT SHELTER WILL OPEN AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER AT 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR CAMERON PARISH RESIDENTS ONLY. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MAJOR FLOODING)...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET BY VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR CAMERON PARISH...MOST SECTIONS OF COASTAL ROADS OF LA 82...LA 27...AND LA 1141 WILL BE FLOODED...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR THE GIBBSTOWN BRIDGE. MOST LOW LYING AREAS AROUND CALCASIEU LAKE WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HACKBERRY AND GRAND LAKE EAST TO BOONES CORNER NEAR LA 385 AND LA 384. ...WINDS... CAMERON PARISH WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ...AND PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 45 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS CAMERON PARISH WITH A 6 TO 12 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...TORNADOES... AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ GMZ452-455-472-475-111000- /O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEGINNING TOMORROW. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ LAZ052>054-111000- /O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-VERMILION- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: IBERIA...ST. MARY...VERMILION. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR MINOR DAMAGE TO OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING. HOMES MAY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 5 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MODERATE FLOODING). THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL APPROACH THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961 AND TROPICAL STORM FRANCES OF 1998. FOR VERMILION PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING INTRACOASTAL CITY AND PECAN ISLAND. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR UP TO HIGHWAY 335...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF COW ISLAND...FORKED ISLAND...ESTHER...HENRY...AND DELCAMBRE. FOR IBERIA PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LA 14 AND US 90 WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING...CUTTING OFF WEEKS ISLAND. ACROSS ST. MARY PARISH...BURNS POINT...CYPREMORT POINT...AND MOST AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL LIKELY FLOOD ON FRIDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS VERMILION...IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES ARE 40 TO 50 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED...SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE VERMILION RIVER AT PERRY UP TO LAFAYETTE. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES BEGINNING FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ GMZ450-470-111000- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM... WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD BEGIN TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BY THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ TXZ215-111000- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: JEFFERSON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR SABINE PASS IS IN EFFECT. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MAJOR FLOODING)...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET BY VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. AT THESE WATER LEVELS...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND WINNIE WILL LIKELY HAVE STORM SURGE FLOODING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG HILLEBRANDT AND TAYLOR BAYOUS BETWEEN FANNETT AND LA BELLE. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG COW BAYOU BETWEEN ORANGEFIELD AND BRIDGE CITY. MOST IF NOT ALL ROADS IN SABINE PASS WILL BE FLOODED. SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 73/87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED AS WELL. ...WINDS... JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING ...THEN PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 10 TO 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY...WITH A 50 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...INLAND FLOODING... AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE NECHES RIVER AT BEAUMONT. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ LAZ027>033-042>045-055-TXZ180>182-111000- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-EVANGELINE-JASPER- JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-RAPIDES- ST. LANDRY-TYLER-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERNON- 1046 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE...JASPER... JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...NEWTON... RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...TYLER...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERNON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IF THE TRACK OF IKE DRIFTS FURTHER TO THE NORTH. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING. ...WINDS... FOR TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED ON THURSDAY. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY. $$ TRARES
000 WTUS84 KLCH 110733 HLSLCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...IKE HOLDING STEADY AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE... .AT 100 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 645 MILES... 1040 KM...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND ABOUT 305 MILES...495 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. ALTHOUGH FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD...AND IKE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TODAY OR ON FRIDAY. IKE IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS WAS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. LAZ051-111345- /O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CAMERON- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISH OR MARINE AREAS: CAMERON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR LOWER CAMERON PARISH AS OF 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. A LAST RESORT SHELTER WILL OPEN AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER AT 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR CAMERON PARISH RESIDENTS ONLY. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI-STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MAJOR FLOODING)...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET BY VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR CAMERON PARISH...MOST SECTIONS OF COASTAL ROADS OF LA 82...LA 27...AND LA 1141 WILL BE FLOODED...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR THE GIBBSTOWN BRIDGE. MOST LOW LYING AREAS AROUND CALCASIEU LAKE WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HACKBERRY AND GRAND LAKE EAST TO BOONES CORNER NEAR LA 385 AND LA 384. ...WINDS... CAMERON PARISH WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ...AND PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 45 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS CAMERON PARISH WITH A 6 TO 12 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...TORNADOES... AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 5 AM. $$ GMZ452-455-472-475-111345- /O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEGINNING TOMORROW. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TODAY SEAS 7 FEET BUILDING TO 10 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING SEAS 11 FEET BUILDING TO 14 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY SEAS 15 FEET BUILDING TO 18 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT SEAS 17 TO 20 FEET. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 45 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WITH A 6 TO 12 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 5 AM. $$ LAZ052>054-111345- /O.CON.KLCH.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-VERMILION- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES OR MARINE AREAS: IBERIA...ST. MARY...VERMILION. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WARNING. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR MINOR DAMAGE TO OCCUR IN OLDER MOBILE HOME PARKS. NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. SOME SMALL TWIGS WILL SEPARATE FROM TREES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING. HOMES MAY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 5 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MODERATE FLOODING). THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL APPROACH THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961 AND TROPICAL STORM FRANCES OF 1998. FOR VERMILION PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING INTRACOASTAL CITY AND PECAN ISLAND. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR UP TO HIGHWAY 335...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF COW ISLAND...FORKED ISLAND...ESTHER...HENRY... AND DELCAMBRE. FOR IBERIA PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LA 14 AND US 90 WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING...CUTTING OFF WEEKS ISLAND. ACROSS ST. MARY PARISH...BURNS POINT...CYPREMORT POINT...AND MOST AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL LIKELY FLOOD ON FRIDAY. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS VERMILION... IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES ARE 40 TO 50 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED...SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE VERMILION RIVER AT PERRY UP TO LAFAYETTE. ...TORNADOES... THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT OF TORNADOES BEGINNING FRIDAY. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 5 AM. $$ LAZ041-TXZ201-216-111345- /O.EXT.KLCH.TI.A.0001.080911T1500Z-080912T1800Z/ CALCASIEU-HARDIN-ORANGE- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES/PARISHES OR MARINE AREAS: CALCASIEU...HARDIN...ORANGE. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MAJOR FLOODING)...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET BY VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR CALCASIEU PARISH: AT THESE LEVELS...COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER BASIN SUCH AS DEATONVILLE...VINCENT LANDING JUST SOUTHEAST OF CARLYSS...AND LOCKMOOR JUST SOUTH OF WESTLAKE WILL EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING. AREAS WITHIN LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE I-10 AND I-210 BRIDGES...AREAS NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER...AND THE LAKE CHARLES BEACH WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS WELL. FOR ORANGE COUNTY: AT THESE LEVELS...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED. VOLUNTARY EVACUATION INCLUDES PERSONS LIVING IN TRAVEL TRAILERS AND MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE PLEASE TRAVEL IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AS SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS EXPECTED ON I-10 WEST. FOR HARDIN COUNTY: VOLUNTARY EVACUATION INCLUDES PERSONS LIVING IN TRAVEL TRAILERS AND MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE PLEASE TRAVEL IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AS SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS EXPECTED ON I-10 WEST. ...WINDS... CALCASIEU PARISH...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON ON FRIDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ORANGE AND HARDIN COUNTIES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TO 40 TO 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. ...INLAND FLOODING... AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED CAUSING MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG MAIN-STEM RIVERS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM... ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. AT THIS TIME...THE ONLY RIVERS THAT ARE FORECAST TO GO INTO FLOOD IS THE LOWER CALCASIEU RIVER FROM THE SALT WATER BARRIER TO OLD TOWN BAY...AND THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU FROM HOUSTON RIVER TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER (DUE TO TIDAL BACKUP UP THE CALCASIEU RIVER). AT THIS TIME ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND HOMES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE SALT WATER BARRIER. RIVER ROAD IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES AND MUCH OF MIMMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. GOOS FERRY ROAD NEAR OLD TOWN BAY WILL ALSO WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU...WATER WILL BE ON LOW SPOTS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD. WATER WILL ALSO BE OVER SOME BOAT DOCKS ON SOUTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AND OVER BOAT RAMPS AT SAM HOUSTON JONES STATE PARK. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE AROUND 5 AM. $$ GMZ450-470-111345- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES/PARISHES OR MARINE AREAS: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM... WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD BEGIN TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND PREPARE VESSELS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... TODAY SEAS 7 FEET BUILDING TO 10 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING SEAS 11 FEET BUILDING TO 14 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY SEAS 15 FEET BUILDING TO 18 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT SEAS 17 TO 20 FEET. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BY THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 45 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WITH A 6 TO 12 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR WATERSPOUTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM. $$ TXZ215-111345- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR SABINE PASS EFFECTIVE TODAY AT 6 AM DUE TO HIGH TIDE ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH STORM SURGE COULD CLOSE HIGHWAY 87 AS EARLY AS FRIDAY. THIS ALSO INCLUDES PERSONS LIVING IN TRAVEL TRAILERS AND MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE PLEASE TRAVEL IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AS SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS EXPECTED ON I-10 WEST. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS: JEFFERSON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA: HURRICANE WATCH. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR SABINE PASS IS IN EFFECT. COASTAL INUNDATION OF PRONE COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE SHORELINE WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. HOMES WILL LIKELY BECOME UNINHABITABLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CUT OFF...WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 6 FEET OR MORE FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY HOMES WHO DO NOT EVACUATE WILL FACE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THOSE IN MULTI- STORY OR MULTI-UNIT FACILITIES RISK BEING CUT OFF FOR DAYS. PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE FLOOD ZONE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND WASHING AWAY VEHICLES. BEACH EROSION WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...AND REQUIRE MONTHS TO CLEAN UP. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL REACH 4 FEET (MINOR FLOODING) BY FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RAPID VERTICAL WATER RISE TO AROUND 6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON (MAJOR FLOODING)...CRESTING NEAR 10 FEET BY VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW (AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND). THESE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961. AT THESE WATER LEVELS...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND WINNIE WILL LIKELY HAVE STORM SURGE FLOODING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG HILLEBRANDT AND TAYLOR BAYOUS BETWEEN FANNETT AND LA BELLE. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG COW BAYOU BETWEEN ORANGEFIELD AND BRIDGE CITY. MOST IF NOT ALL ROADS IN SABINE PASS WILL BE FLOODED. SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 73/87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED AS WELL. ...WINDS... JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING ...THEN PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 70 TO 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY WITH A 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...INLAND FLOODING... AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH FLOODING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM SURGE POTENTIAL AND ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE NECHES RIVER AT BEAUMONT. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM. $$ LAZ027>033-042>045-055-TXZ180>182-111345- /O.CON.KLCH.HU.S.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-EVANGELINE-JASPER- JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-RAPIDES- ST. LANDRY-TYLER-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERNON- 233 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...NEW INFORMATION... IKE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES AREAS: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE...JASPER... JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...NEWTON... RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...TYLER...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERNON. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IF THE TRACK OF IKE DRIFTS FURTHER TO THE NORTH. ...WINDS... FOR TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED ON THURSDAY. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THERE IS A 50 TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WITH LESS THAN A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING. ...TORNADOES... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM. $$
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HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES GROW IN SIZE...
...HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED...
.AT 1000 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 580 MILES...
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 470 MILES
...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A GENERAL
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO...AND THE CENTER OF IKE SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE COAST BY LATE
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE
IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE
COASTLINE.
IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 945 MB...27.91 INCHES.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 20 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF IKE MAKES
LANDFALL. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN
BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES IN THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ALONG THE CENTRAL AND UPPER TEXAS COAST AND OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
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HARDIN-ORANGE-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE WIND WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WIND WATCH ISSUED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
HARDIN...ORANGE.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
HURRICANE WIND WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ORANGE
COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR HARDIN COUNTY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP INTO SABINE LAKE. THIS IS
FORECAST TO CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING UP THE SABINE RIVER TO ORANGE AND
ANY CONNECTING BAYOUS...SUCH AS COW AND ADAMS BAYOUS IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRIDGE CITY AND ORANGE. THE STORM TIDE
LEVEL AT RAINBOW BRIDGE IS FORECAST REACH 10 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW
WATER. AT LEAST 6 FEET IS FORECAST AT THE OLD ORANGE RIVER GAUGE
AND THIS IS MAJOR FLOODING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG COW
BAYOU BETWEEN ORANGEFIELD AND BRIDGE CITY.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON
FRIDAY. THESE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE BY FRIDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR
TWO TO SIX HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. A
HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
DOWN...AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS ON HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS ORANGE AND HARDIN
COUNTIES IS 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ACROSS ORANGE AND HARDIN COUNTIES RANGE FROM 70 TO 80
PERCENT.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AT THIS TIME MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT ORANGE ON THE SABINE
RIVER DUE TO STORM SURGE FLOODING. OTHERWISE AREAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR 6 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA
THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED ACROSS ALL CENTRAL AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. THIS WILL
RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES...BLOWN DOWN TREES...AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE
TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH
IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN
POWER OUTAGES...TREES BLOWN DOWN...AND ROOFS DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RANGE FROM 40 PERCENT ACROSS AVOYELLES PARISH
TO NEAR 70 PERCENT ACROSS BEAUAGARD PARISH.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
TO NEAR 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL
SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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CAMERON-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
CAMERON.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
HURRICANE WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR CAMERON PARISH.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY...THEN INCREASE
RAPIDLY THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...CRESTING
BETWEEN 10 AND 13 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW. THESE WATER
LEVELS WILL BE COMPARABLE TO HURRICANE RITA. LA 82 AND LA 27 WILL
BE UNDER WATER. AS MUCH AS SIX TO SEVEN FEET OF WATER WILL COVER
THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN CAMERON.
LOW LYING AREAS OF GRAND LAKE AND HACKBERRY WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE
FLOODING. SOME ROADS COULD SEE 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER OVER THEM IN
THESE LOCATIONS.
CALCASIEU PASS
HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE
TODAY 2:36 AM 7:09 PM
FRIDAY 2:35 AM 8:13 AM 11:01 AM 8:23 PM
SATURDAY 2:39 AM 8:17 AM 12:19 PM 8:59 PM
SABINE PASS
HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE
TODAY 3:32 AM 7:55 PM
FRIDAY 3:31 AM 8:59 AM 11:56 AM 8:33 PM
SATURDAY 3:35 AM 9:03 AM 1:15 PM 9:09 PM
LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL
COMMUNITIES...WILL BE INUNDATED DURING HIGH TIDE. MANY RESIDENCES
OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED.
WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY
ELSEWHERE. VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY.
NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE
WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE
CUTOFF...PERHAPS FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED
BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY
DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF
BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO
REPAIR.
...WINDS...
CAMERON PARISH WILL EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO
50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH STARTING FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 60 TO
70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO APPROACH HURRICANE FORCE BETWEEN FRIDAY EVENING AND
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES...TREES BLOWN
DOWN...AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS CAMERON PARISH
RANGE FROM 10 TO 30 PERCENT.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL
CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING
FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
HURRICANE WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION TO FIND SAFE HARBOR AND STAY
IN PORT UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL
WATERS SHORTLY AFTER NOON THURSDAY...SPREADING TOWARD THE COAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH HURRICANE FORCE
BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PREPARATIONS TO SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY
ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOON THURSDAY.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR WATER SPOUTS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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IBERIA-ST. MARY-VERMILION-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
IBERIA...ST. MARY...VERMILION.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
HURRICANE WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR VERMILION PARISH:
A MANDATORY EVACUATION HAS BEEN ORDERED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 14
INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ERATH AND DELCAMBRE. THE REMAINDER OF THE
PARISH IS UNDER A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION.
FOR IBERIA PARISH:
A MANDATORY EVACUATION HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR THOSE LIVING SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 90 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 675. THE REMAINDER OF THE PARISH IS
UNDER A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION.
FOR SAINT MARY:
VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR THOSE LIVING SOUTH OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY INCLUDING CYPREMORT POINT AND BURNS POINT AND
SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD IN FRANKLIN. SHELTER HAS BEEN SET UP IN
FRANKLIN FOR EVACUEES. THOSE LIVING IN MOBILE HOMES AND IN LOW
LYING AREAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK SHELTER.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE
DAY AND INCREASE RAPIDLY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL STORM
SURGE VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE 8 TO 12 ACROSS VERMILION PARISH TO
6 TO 8 FEET ACROSS IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE
SLOW TO RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED
ONSHORE FLOW. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL APPROACH OR EXCEED THE STORM
SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961 AND
TROPICAL STORM FRANCES OF 1998.
FOR VERMILION PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL
WATERWAY WILL BE FLOODED...INCLUDING INTRACOASTAL CITY AND PECAN
ISLAND. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR UP TO HIGHWAY 335...AFFECTING
THE COMMUNITIES OF COW ISLAND...FORKED ISLAND...ESTHER...HENRY...
AND DELCAMBRE.
FOR IBERIA PARISH...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LA 14 AND US 90 WILL
EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING...CUTTING OFF WEEKS ISLAND.
ACROSS ST. MARY PARISH...BURNS POINT...CYPREMORT POINT...AND MOST
AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL LIKELY FLOOD ON
FRIDAY.
SOUTHWEST PASS
HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE
TODAY 4:18 AM 8:00 PM
FRIDAY 4:17 AM 9:04 AM 12:42 AM 8:38 PM
SATURDAY 4:21 AM 9:08 AM 2:01 PM 9:14 PM
ACROSS VERMILION LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL
COMMUNITIES...WILL BE INUNDATED DURING HIGH TIDE. MANY RESIDENCES
OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED.
WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY
ELSEWHERE. VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY.
NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE
WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE
CUTOFF...PERHAPS FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 9
FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY
BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...WITH
MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK
CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO
REPAIR.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BEGIN
AFFECTING THE COASTAL LOUISIANA PARISHES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY
MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE 10 PERCENT OR LESS
ACROSS VERMILION...IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
TO NEAR 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
HURRICANE WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
VESSELS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE PREPERATION FOR HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS AND SEAS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. STAY IN PORT UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BY
THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE
FRIDAY MORNING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS BECOMING SUSTAINED BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...AND PREPARATIONS TO
SECURE MARITIME PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR WATER SPOUTS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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JEFFERSON-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
JEFFERSON.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
HURRICANE WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY
AND INCREASE RAPIDLY THROUGH FRIDAY...CRESTING BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW. THESE
WATER LEVELS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM SURGE EXPERIENCED DURING
HURRICANE CARLA OF SEPTEMBER 1961.
AT THESE WATER LEVELS...MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
73 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND WINNIE WILL LIKELY HAVE STORM SURGE
FLOODING. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG HILLEBRANDT AND TAYLOR
BAYOUS BETWEEN FANNETT AND LA BELLE. FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR
ALONG COW BAYOU BETWEEN ORANGEFIELD AND BRIDGE CITY.
ALL ROADS IN SABINE PASS WILL BE FLOODED. SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY
73/87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND BRIDGE CITY WILL BE FLOODED AS WELL.
SABINE PASS
HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE LOW TIDE
TODAY 3:32 AM 7:55 PM
FRIDAY 3:31 AM 8:59 AM 11:56 AM 8:33 PM
SATURDAY 3:35 AM 9:03 AM 1:15 PM 9:09 PM
INUNDATION LIKELY
ENTIRE COASTAL CITIES AND TOWNS WILL BE INUNDATED. PERMANENT
BREACHES MAY BE CUT OFF. FULL RECOVERY WILL TAKE MONTHS IF NOT
YEARS. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 13 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE
INLAND. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES
WILL NOT ONLY EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE BUT WASH OUT SOLID ROAD
AND BRIDGE STRUCTURES. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION WILL TAKE YEARS
TO REPAIR.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ALONG COASTAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING...SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
OF 75 TO 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES...NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN...AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
ROOFS ON HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY
IS 30 TO 40 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
ARE 80 TO 90 PERCENT.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
TO NEAR 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG
AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY
TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE
FLASH FLOODING.
MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE NECHES RIVER UP THROUGH
BEAUMONT DUE TO THE STORM SURGE.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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ACADIA-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING ISSUED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
ACADIA...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST.
MARTIN...UPPER ST. MARTIN.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN CALCASIEU PARISH FOR PEOPLE IN TRAVEL
TRAILERS...MOBILE HOMES...AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THIS INCLUDES
RESIDENTS WHO ARE HOME-BOUND...REQUIRING ELECTRICITY FOR THEIR
WELL-BEING.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
FOR CALCASIEU PARISH:
STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL INTO LAKE CHARLES LATE
FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM TIDE LEVELS OF 7
TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM SURGE WILL BE SLOW TO
RECEDE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO THE PROLONGED ONSHORE FLOW
AFTER IKE MOVES INLAND.
AT THESE LEVELS...COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER
BASIN SUCH AS DEATONVILLE...VINCENT LANDING JUST SOUTHEAST OF
CARLYSS...AND LOCKMOOR JUST SOUTH OF WESTLAKE WILL EXPERIENCE STORM
SURGE FLOODING. AREAS WITHIN LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE I-10 AND I-210
BRIDGES...AREAS NEAR THE CIVIC CENTER...AND THE LAKE CHARLES BEACH
WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS WELL. THIS FLOODING WILL BE
COMPARABLE TO THAT EXPIENCED DURING HURRICANE RITA.
...WINDS...
FOR CALCASIEU PARISH:
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN POWER
OUTAGES...TREES BLOWN DOWN...AND ROOFS DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
FOR JEFF DAVIS...ACADIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES:
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN POWER
OUTAGES...TREES BLOWN DOWN...AND ROOFS DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RANGE 50 TO 70 PERCENT.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS RAIN WILL
FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR
FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE GROUND IS QUITE
SATURATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DUE TO THE RAINS
FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEW RIVER FLOODING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY
TROPICAL SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS WILL SEE FLASH
FLOODING. IF THE STORM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA CLOSER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
AT THIS TIME MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE LOWER CALCASIEU
RIVER FROM THE SALT WATER BARRIER TO OLD TOWN BAY AND MODERATE
FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE WEST FORK OF THE CALCASIEU FROM
HOUSTON RIVER TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER DUE TO
TIDAL BACKUP UP THE CALCASIEU RIVER. ALONG THE MERMENTAU RIVER
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST UP THE RIVER THROUGH MERMENTAU DUE TO
STORM SURGE
AT THIS TIME ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER...MAJOR FLOODING OF
RESIDENTIAL AREAS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE SALT WATER BARRIER. FURTHER
UP THE RIVER TO OLD TOWN BAY...WATER WILL COMPLETELY COVER GOOS
FERRY ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER ROAD ENTRANCE. FLOOD WATER
ENTERS LOWER LEVELS OF SOME ELEVATED HOMES ON GOOS FERRY ROAD.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WHITE OAK PARK. ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE
CALCASIEU WATER LEVELS WILL BE COMPARABLE TO HURRICANE RITA.
CYPRESS LAKE DRIVE BECOMES IMPASSIBLE AND WATER IS UP TO A FEW
HOMES ALONG THE ROAD. PORTIONS OF SAM HOUSTON PARK ARE UNDER
WATER.
SOME MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO FORECAST UP THE VERMILION RIVER DUE TO
STORM SURGE AS WELL.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$
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ALLEN-BEAUREGARD-JASPER-NEWTON-TYLER-VERNON-
1241 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS:
ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...JASPER...NEWTON...TYLER...VERNON.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA:
TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. THIS WILL
RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES...BLOWN DOWN TREES...AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE
TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
...WINDS...
FOR TYLER...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES:
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE
WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
HURRICANE FORCE BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN POWER
OUTAGES...TREES BLOWN DOWN...AND DAMAGE TO ROOFS ON HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
FOR ALLEN AND BEUREGARD PARISHES:
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH
IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN
POWER OUTAGES...TREES BLOWN DOWN...AND ROOFS DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...
THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RANGE FROM 60 TO 80 PERCENT.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
TO NEAR 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AS IS THE CASE DURING ANY TROPICAL
SYSTEM...ANY AREA THAT RECEIVES HEAVY RAINS MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING.
...TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 5 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED.
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hurricane local statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane local statement went out at Sep 1, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1159 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
.UPDATE...
UPDATED GRIDS AND FORECAST TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH 878 FOR AVOYELLES
AND RAPIDES PARISHES...AS IT EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT...AND TORNADO
THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND/OR MOVED NORTH. THE CENTER OF GUSTAV IS
OVER NE VERNON PARISH VIA KPOE RADAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.
DML
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1113 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008/
DISCUSSION...
GUSTAV HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...MAINLY AFFECTING RAPIDES AND AVOYELLES PARISHES WITH
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WHERE A TROPICAL STORM WIND
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SE TX/S LA...SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE...STILL 20 TO
25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THUS WENT WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORY
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DUE TO THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE SW FLOW ACROSS VERMILION AND
ATCHAFALAYA BAYS...ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR ST. MARY AND
IBERIA PARISHES. TIDES AT AMERADA PASS, LA (LOCATED AT THE MOUTH
OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER) REACHED 4.77 FT MLLW ONCE THE ONSHORE
FLOW COMMENCED AFTER GUSTAV LANDFALL. TIDES SINCE THEN HAVE
DROPPED TO BELOW 3 FEET MLLW...BUT MAY RISE AGAIN TOWARDS HIGH
TIDE NEAR 6 AM.
MARINE...
SINCE ALL COASTAL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPED...ISSUED
SCA FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND RESIDUAL SEAS STILL ESTIMATED
10-14 FEET OFF THE SOUTH CENTRAL LA WHERE THE WINDS HAVE BEEN SW
SINCE JUST AFTER LANDFALL OF GUSTAV. SEAS DECREASE FURTHER WEST
DUE TO THE OFFSHORE NW FLOW...BUT WILL INCREASE A BIT TOWARD
MORNING AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE W AND SW.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 75 82 77 86 74 / 80 70 60 60 40
KBPT 75 84 77 86 73 / 80 70 60 60 40
KAEX 73 83 73 82 72 / 100 70 70 60 40
KLFT 74 83 75 85 73 / 80 70 60 60 40
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: AVOYELLES...RAPIDES...VERNON.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...
LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST.
MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...VERNON.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...
EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER
ST. MARTIN...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...
VERMILION.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...
TYLER.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX
OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO
CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, 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...WATERS FROM
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING
FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:39 AM CDT, 20 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 539 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-021045- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, 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- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD- ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 539 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 5 PM. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO GALE FORCE GUSTS LATE TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE INNER RAIN BANDS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER PATH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GUSTS GREATER THAN 34 KNOTS OR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN TOTALS UP TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A STALLING CIRCULATION CENTER AROUND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ARKANSAS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CANNOT RULE OUT THIS SYSTEM STALLING CLOSER TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE INNER RAIN BANDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY AROUND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SWEENEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
758 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0757 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
POWERLINES DOWN ON A HOUSE
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 1, 8:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
808 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0807 PM TORNADO 4 SSW EFFIE 31.16N 92.18W
09/01/2008 AVOYELLES LA AMATEUR RADIO
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 1, 8:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
809 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TORNADO MARKSVILLE 31.13N 92.06W
09/01/2008 AVOYELLES LA AMATEUR RADIO
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 1, 8:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
810 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TROPICAL STORM 7 SW BOYCE 31.32N 92.75W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER
64 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 1, 8:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
823 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0818 PM TROPICAL STORM FORT POLK 31.05N 93.21W
09/01/2008 VERNON LA ASOS
54 MPH REPORTED AT FORT POLK ASOS
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 1, 9:55 PM CDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
955 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0822 AM HURRICANE MORGAN CITY 29.70N 91.19W
09/01/2008 ST. MARY LA EMERGENCY MNGR
40 TO 45 MPH WINDS REPORTED IN ST. MARY PARISH. POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED ACROSS THE PARISH.
0852 AM TROPICAL STORM 6 S PATTERSON 29.60N 91.30W
09/01/2008 ST. MARY LA ASOS
ASOS KP92 REPORTED A GUST TO 48 MPH.
0852 AM TROPICAL STORM SSW BURNS POINT 29.57N 91.53W
09/01/2008 ST. MARY LA AWOS
THE ASOS AT SALT POINT REPORTED A 48 MPH GUST BEFORE THE
POWER WAS LOST.
0909 AM HURRICANE STEPHENSVILLE 29.78N 91.17W
09/01/2008 ST. MARTIN LA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED ACROSS LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH.
1030 AM TROPICAL STORM 17 SSE BURNS POINT 29.36N 91.40W
09/01/2008 GMZ455 LA OTHER FEDERAL
USGS SITE NEAR EUGENE ISLAND REPORTS SUSTAINED WINDS OF
62 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 73 MPH
1054 AM TROPICAL STORM 14 ESE BURNS POINT 29.47N 91.33W
09/01/2008 GMZ455 LA OTHER FEDERAL
THE NOAA TIDE STATION AT LAWMA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 53 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 74 MPH.
1101 AM TROPICAL STORM 4 WNW NEW IBERIA 30.03N 91.88W
09/01/2008 IBERIA LA ASOS
THE ASOS AT ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A GUST TO
52 MPH.
0100 PM HURRICANE MORGAN CITY 29.70N 91.19W
09/01/2008 ST. MARY LA EMERGENCY MNGR
ST. MARY PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS WIDESPREAD TREE
AND POWER LINE DAMAGE.
0128 PM TROPICAL STORM 9 ENE PINEVILLE 31.40N 92.29W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
WIND GUSTS TO 41 MPH REPORTED AT ESLER FILED
0132 PM HURRICANE LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA ASOS
WIND GUST TO 61 MPH REPORTED AT LAFAYETTE REGIONAL
AIRPORT
0138 PM HURRICANE ABBEVILLE 29.97N 92.12W
09/01/2008 VERMILION LA AWOS
64 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT THE ABBEVILLE AIRPORT
0138 PM HURRICANE NEW IBERIA 30.01N 91.82W
09/01/2008 IBERIA LA ASOS
WIND GUST TO 75 MPH AT ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT.
0148 PM HURRICANE LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA ASOS
59 MPH REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT IN LAFAYETTE
0155 PM HURRICANE NEW IBERIA 30.01N 91.82W
09/01/2008 IBERIA LA ASOS
ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 76 MPH.
0200 PM TROPICAL STORM 4 ESE BOYCE 31.36N 92.61W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
WIND GUST TO 48 MPH WAS REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA
INTERNATIONAL
0200 PM HURRICANE 17 SSE BURNS POINT 29.34N 91.43W
09/01/2008 GMZ455 LA OTHER FEDERAL
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 68 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 78 MPH. NOTE SOME
OF THE DATA FROM THIS PLATFORM IS MISSING AND COULD HAVE
BEEN HIGHER.
0201 PM TROPICAL STORM 5 WNW ALEXANDRIA 31.32N 92.55W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
ALEXANDRIA REPORTED 43 MPH WIND GUSTS AT THE AIRPORT
0208 PM HURRICANE NEW IBERIA 30.01N 91.82W
09/01/2008 IBERIA LA NEWSPAPER
WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS
IBERIA PARISH
0220 PM HURRICANE NEW IBERIA 30.01N 91.82W
09/01/2008 IBERIA LA ASOS
79 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN
NEW IBERIA
0220 PM HURRICANE LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA ASOS
75 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
0220 PM HURRICANE CROWLEY 30.21N 92.38W
09/01/2008 ACADIA LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE ACROSS ACADIA PARISH.
0241 PM HURRICANE LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 FATAL *** TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE KILLING ONE
PERSON
0244 PM HURRICANE LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA AWOS
77 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT LAFAYETTE
0244 PM HURRICANE 11 NNW PITKIN 31.08N 93.00W
09/01/2008 VERNON LA AWOS
51 MPH GUST REPORTED AT FORT POLK SELF STRIP.
0245 PM HURRICANE LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF TRAILER HOME. DOWN POWERLINES ON WEST
WILLOW ST.
0249 PM HURRICANE ABBEVILLE 29.97N 92.12W
09/01/2008 VERMILION LA ASOS
72 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT ABBEVILLE
0258 PM TROPICAL STORM 5 WNW ALEXANDRIA 31.32N 92.55W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
WIND GUSTS TO 46 MPH REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA
0300 PM HURRICANE BRANCH 30.35N 92.27W
09/01/2008 ACADIA LA PUBLIC
HOUSE SIDING BLOWN OFF AND SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN. BARN
ROOF BLOWN OFF.
0300 PM HURRICANE OPELOUSAS 30.52N 92.08W
09/01/2008 ST. LANDRY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AROUND OPELOUSAS
0321 PM TROPICAL STORM 6 S LAKE CHARLES 30.12N 93.22W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA ASOS
41 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL
AIRPORT
0326 PM TROPICAL STORM 2 SE HOLLY BEACH 29.77N 93.44W
09/01/2008 GMZ450 LA OTHER FEDERAL
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH REPORTED AT CALCASIEU PASS TIDE
STATION
0347 PM TROPICAL STORM 30 SE SABINE PASS 29.43N 93.54W
09/01/2008 GMZ470 LA BROADCAST MEDIA
WEST CAMERON 167 REPORTED GUST TO 51 MILES AN HOUR.
0352 PM TROPICAL STORM PORT ARTHUR 29.90N 93.93W
09/01/2008 JEFFERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
LAMAR UNIVERSITY REPORTED GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
0353 PM TROPICAL STORM LUMBERTON 30.26N 94.20W
09/01/2008 HARDIN TX BROADCAST MEDIA
GUST REPORTED TO 43 MILES AN HOUR.
0401 PM TROPICAL STORM 7 SW BOYCE 31.32N 92.75W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER
46 MPH REPORTED BY A CO-OP OBSERVER.
0403 PM TROPICAL STORM NEDERLAND 29.97N 94.00W
09/01/2008 JEFFERSON TX ASOS
39 MPH GUST REPORTED AT SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL
0420 PM TROPICAL STORM 6 SSW OAKDALE 30.74N 92.70W
09/01/2008 ALLEN LA AWOS
ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 41 MPH
0444 PM HURRICANE VILLE PLATTE 30.69N 92.28W
09/01/2008 EVANGELINE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS EVANGELINE PARISH
0446 PM HURRICANE JENNINGS 30.22N 92.66W
09/01/2008 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN JENNINGS
0447 PM TROPICAL STORM 6 SSW OAKDALE 30.74N 92.69W
09/01/2008 ALLEN LA AWOS
WIND GUST TO 45 MPH REPORTED AT ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT.
0447 PM TROPICAL STORM 5 S LAKE CHARLES 30.14N 93.20W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA ASOS
WIND GUST TO 43 MPH REPORTED AT LAKE CHARLES AIR PORT.
0459 PM TROPICAL STORM 4 SSW OAKDALE 30.76N 92.69W
09/01/2008 ALLEN LA AWOS
WIND GUST OF 48 MPH REPORTED AT ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT.
0500 PM TROPICAL STORM CARLYSS 30.18N 93.37W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA AWOS
WIND GUST TO 39 MPH REPORTED AT SOUTHLAND FIELD NEAR
CARLYSS
0511 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
52 MPH GUST REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL
0512 PM TROPICAL STORM PINEVILLE 31.33N 92.42W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
ESLER FIELD ASOS REPORTED 52 MPH WIND GUSTS BEFORE THE
ASOS LOST POEWR AND THE INSTRUMENTS FAILED
0518 PM TROPICAL STORM LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA ASOS
THE ASOS AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL REPORTS GUSTS TO 44
MPH.
0523 PM TROPICAL STORM PINEVILLE 31.33N 92.42W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN IN PINEVILLE. KALB-TV RECORDED 48 MPH GUST AT
THEIR STATION.
0534 PM FLASH FLOOD LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
09/01/2008 LAFAYETTE LA OTHER FEDERAL
THE VERMILION RIVER AT SURREY STREET WENT FROM 5 FEET TO
THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET IN TWO HOURS
0541 PM TROPICAL STORM LAKE ARTHUR 30.08N 92.68W
09/01/2008 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA EMERGENCY MNGR
50 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER WITH TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN.
0603 PM TROPICAL STORM FORT POLK 31.05N 93.21W
09/01/2008 VERNON LA ASOS
52 MPH GUST REPORTED AT FORT POLK ASOS
0609 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
51 MPH GUST REPORTED AT KALB TV STATION
0623 PM TROPICAL STORM 6 SSW OAKDALE 30.74N 92.70W
09/01/2008 ALLEN LA AWOS
ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT REPORTED WIND GUST TO 54 MPH.
0624 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
57 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT KALB TV.
0630 PM TROPICAL STORM 7 SW BOYCE 31.32N 92.75W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER
53 MPH REPORTED BY A CO-OP OBSERVER
0636 PM TROPICAL STORM DERIDDER 30.85N 93.29W
09/01/2008 BEAUREGARD LA AWOS
43 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT DE RIDDER
0644 PM TROPICAL STORM MOSS BLUFF 30.30N 93.20W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN MOSS BLUFF
0649 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
53 MPH REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA REGIONAL AIRPORT
0654 PM TROPICAL STORM LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA ASOS
46 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT
0654 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
53 MPH GUST REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL OUT OF
THE NORTHEAST
0654 PM TROPICAL STORM LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA ASOS
44 MPH GUST REPORTED AT THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT
0711 PM TROPICAL STORM LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/01/2008 CALCASIEU LA ASOS
46 MPH REPORTED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT
0712 PM TROPICAL STORM BUNKIE 30.95N 92.19W
09/01/2008 AVOYELLES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE PARISH WITH
SOME DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES
0715 PM TROPICAL STORM DERIDDER 30.85N 93.29W
09/01/2008 BEAUREGARD LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
MOST OF DE RIDDER WITHOUT POWER
0715 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
59 MPH GUSTS REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL
0742 PM TROPICAL STORM CHENEYVILLE 31.01N 92.29W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN IN CHENEYVILLE
0755 PM TROPICAL STORM 7 SW BOYCE 31.32N 92.75W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER
64 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER
0755 PM TORNADO MARKSVILLE 31.13N 92.06W
09/01/2008 AVOYELLES LA AMATEUR RADIO
0756 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA ASOS
61 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED AT ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL
0757 PM TROPICAL STORM ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/01/2008 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA
POWERLINES DOWN ON A HOUSE
0807 PM TORNADO 4 SSW EFFIE 31.16N 92.18W
09/01/2008 AVOYELLES LA AMATEUR RADIO
0818 PM TROPICAL STORM FORT POLK 31.05N 93.21W
09/01/2008 VERNON LA ASOS
54 MPH REPORTED AT FORT POLK ASOS
&&
RUAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LCH | 8 hr | |
| Sep 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 38 hr | |
| Sep 1, 10:38 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 114 min |
| Sep 2, 6:04 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Sep 2, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 114 min |
| Sep 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 115 min |
| Sep 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis | 24 min |
Nearby
Hurricane Local Statements in Louisiana, 2008Hurricane Local Statements in Texas, 2008Every hurricane local statement in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.