Tornado Warning 66, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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WWUS54 KLCH 031815
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

LAC001-055-031830-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-080903T1830Z/
LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-
115 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ACADIA AND NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISHES...

AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARENCRO BY 125 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM NEED TO FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW
GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS
MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE OUTDOORS AS YOU CAN.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3030 9213 3037 9205 3025 9195 3016 9219
      3015 9222 3021 9227
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 238DEG 22KT 3028 9209

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1237 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST TO REMOVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SINCE WINDS HAVE
ABATED. SMALL CRAFTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS 4 TO 5 FOOT SEAS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO ABATE.
ALSO...CANCELLED COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AS POINTS ALONG THE
COASTAL AREAS ARE SHOWING TIDE HEIGHTS FALLING TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 955 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008/

DISCUSSION...
DRIER AIR WORKING INTO TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AT THE PRESENT TIME. WILL NEED TO PARE DOWN POPS TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS. GREATEST MOISTURE AND HIGHEST POPS WILL BE CONFINED
TO THE EAST PART OF THE AREA WHERE THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
INDICATED TO BE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. WILL CANCEL THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR OUR WESTERN LOUISIANA AREA THAT WAS VALID TIL 1 PM.

GREAT CONCERN STILL EXISTS FOR AREAS TO EAST AS WSR-88D RADARS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE CIRCULATIONS EMBEDDED IN SOME OF THE STORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS VALID TILL 1 PM FOR THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM
JEFFERSON DAVIS EAST SAINT MARTIN...AND NORTH TO RAPIDES AND
AVOYELLES PARISHES.

THIS TORNADO AND HEAVY RAIN EVENT SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE TOWARD THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE DRIER AIR SPREADS EASTWARD.

AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IN LOUISIANA...
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN
AREAS...OTHERWISE...VFR WHERE RAIN IS ABSENT.

MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE UNTIL 1
PM...WILL PROBABLY ALLOW SCA TO EXPIRE UNLESS BORDERLINE SCA WINDS CONTINUE
TO HANG ON. WINDS LOOK TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  87  72  87  70  90 /  40  40  20  10  10
KBPT  89  71  89  70  92 /  40  30  10  10  10
KAEX  85  69  87  68  89 /  60  40  10  10  10
KLFT  86  74  85  70  88 /  80  60  30  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...
     LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST.
     MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...SAINT
     MARTIN...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...SAINT LANDRY...RAPIDES...
     AVOYELLES PARISHES.

TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
637 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-041100-
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-
637 AM CDT WED SEP 3 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

A TORNADO WATCH 885 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 1 PM CDT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL
...AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TODAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NUISANCE FLOODING AND A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA TODAY...BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TORNADOES AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS POSSIBLE FOR TODAY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1002 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

1000 AM     FLOOD            BASILE                  30.50N 92.60W
09/03/2008                   EVANGELINE         LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS FLOODING OF STREETS IN BASILE

&&

BRAZZELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1036 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

1033 AM     FLOOD            DEVILLE                 31.35N 92.16W
09/03/2008                   RAPIDES            LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 4 INCHES OF WATER IN THE
            HOUSE. SOME NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES HAVE MORE. HIS 48 HOUR
            RAINFALL TOTAL 19.4 INCHES. THERE WAS OVER 11 INCHES IN
            THE LAST 5 HOURS.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1050 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

1049 AM     FLASH FLOOD      EGAN                    30.24N 92.51W
09/03/2008                   ACADIA             LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN EGAN

&&

BRAZZELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1159 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

1157 AM     TORNADO          CROWLEY                 30.21N 92.38W
09/03/2008                   ACADIA             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE EAST SIDE
            OF CROWLEY NEAR CAPITAL RD.

&&

GRIFFIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1205 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

1205 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ALEXANDRIA              31.29N 92.46W
09/03/2008                   RAPIDES            LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
            CONTINUES IN AND AROUND ALEXANDRIA

&&

BRAZZELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1211 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

0830 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EFFIE                   31.22N 92.16W
09/03/2008                   AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERRIFFS DEPT REPORTS 2 HOMES WITH ROOFS REMOVED.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

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