Tornado Warning 51, NWS Lake Charles, LA

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 030859
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
359 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

LAC009-039-097-030915-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-080903T0915Z/
AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-
358 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN ST. LANDRY...NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE AND SOUTHWESTERN
AVOYELLES PARISHES...

AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. LANDRY...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF TURKEY CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR ST. LANDRY THROUGH 4 AM CDT...
  APPROACHING BUNKIE AT 410 AM CDT...

THIS STORM DESTROYED A HOUSE SOUTHWEST OF MAMOU. RESIDENTS IN 
THE PATCH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3097 9233 3097 9229 3089 9211 3064 9231
      3074 9248 3098 9239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 215DEG 26KT 3085 9226

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1145 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

.UPDATE...
UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH 884 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH MOVING SVR/HEAVY RAIN THREAT WITHIN THE
SAME AREA AS THE TOR WATCH. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES.

DML

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1003 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008/

UPDATE...
VERY BUSY EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN RAINBANDS OF T.D.
GUSTAV...SPINNING AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION.
MANY RADAR INDICATED AND NOW CONFIRMED TORNADOES EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALLEN...EVANGELINE...SE RAPIDES...AND
AVOYELLES PARISHES...AND NOW HAS TURNED INTO A FLASH FLOOD EVENT
FOR THE SAME AREA. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED FORECAST AND GRIDS. THIS
FOCUS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IT
SEEMS...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
TO 10 INCHES WITH JUST THIS FEEDERBAND EVENT THIS EVENING...WHICH
HAPPENED OVER IBERIA PARISH EARLIER TODAY.

FOR THE MARINE FORECAST...RAISED THE WINDS AND SEAS A BIT HIGHER
TO ACCOUNT FOR EXCELLENT INFLOW INTO THIS SYSTEM...WITH CALCASIEU
PASS, LA (CAMERON) REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-28 KTS WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 KTS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHER LOCATIONS
NOT RECEIVING QUITE THAT HIGH WINDS...BUT STILL NEAR 20 KTS TO
CONTINUE THE SCA

DML

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008/

DISCUSSION...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV CONTINUES TO SPIN JUST NORTH OF SHV
WITH NUMEROUS RAIN BANDS AROUND THE CIRCULATION EXTENDING SOUTH
INTO THE CWA. TWO PARTICULARLY HEAVY RAIN BANDS HAVE AFFECTED
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH
FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN SOME AREAS. HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TOMORROW AS MODELS INDICATE RAIN BANDS WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
KEEPING HIGHEST POPS EAST OF THE I-49 CORRIDOR BUT HAVE LOWER POPS
OVER THE SOUTHWEST ZONES WHERE DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL.
CIRCULATION OF GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
THE WESTERLIES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH PRECIP CHANCES SLOWLY
DECREASING INTO THE WEEKEND AND A SUBSEQUENT WARMING TREND. LOOKS
LIKE AREA MAY GET TO DRY OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AS DRIER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE CWA FROM THE NORTH. PARADE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
CONTINUES OVER THE ATLANTIC WITH HANNA...IKE...AND JOSEPHINE ALL
OUT THERE. AT THIS TIME ONLY IKE APPEARS TO HAVE SOME POTENTIAL TO
MOVE INTO THE GULF...SO WILL BE KEEPING CLOSEST EYES ON HIM.

AVIATION...

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT ALL TERMINALS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO
30 KNOTS POSSIBLE THROUGH 00Z. RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WILL MAINLY AFFECT KAEX...KLFY...AND KARA WHERE
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  VFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL AT KBPT AND KLCH WITH ONLY SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHRA POSSIBLE.

MARINE...

WINDS REMAIN QUITE GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS NOTED AT TIMES. SEAS ALSO REMAIN HIGH DUE TO
THE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND LINGERING EFFECTS OF GUSTAV. HAVE
LEFT INHERITED SCA AS IS.  BOTH WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD SLOWLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEK AS GUSTAV MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  75  87  72  89  72 /  70  50  30  20  20
KBPT  74  89  71  90  72 /  50  40  20  10  20
KAEX  73  82  71  87  71 /  90  70  50  30  20
KLFT  75  83  72  86  72 /  70  70  50  30  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
     EVANGELINE...IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...
     RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...
     VERMILION...VERNON.

TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 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
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
605 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-031115-
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-
605 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 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

THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR THE PARISHES AROUND VERMILION BAY WHERE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS
ARE DIMINISHING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
WITH BANDS OF SHOWERS IN TRAIN ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS NOW
TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SEAS
GREATER THAN 6 FEET. A WIND ADVISORY OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AROUND DAYBREAK AS THE EFFECTS OF GUSTAV
CONTINUE TO FADE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS STRONG
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND HIGH SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS CAN STAND DOWN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

SWEENEY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
338 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 AM     TORNADO          1 S MAMOU               30.62N 92.42W
09/03/2008                   EVANGELINE         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE POLICE RELAYED REPORT OF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES SOUTH
            OF MAMOU. PROBABLE TORNADO.

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