[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
507 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

...HURRICANE HUMBERTO NOW INLAND OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

...NEW INFORMATION...
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE
PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS WELL AS FOR CAMERON...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...VERMILION...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...IBERIA...UPPER AND LOWER
SAINT MARTIN...AND SAINT MARY PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING OR EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF CAMERON TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING OR EXPECTED WITH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON AND
ORANGE...AS WELL AS FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
RAPIDES AND VERNON.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
29.9 NORTH LATITUDE...94.1 WEST LONGITUDE...OR OVER EAST-CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR NEDERLAND AND PORT ARTHUR.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO WILL CONTINUE MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE STORM WILL THEN MOVE
INTO WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
CENTER. THE AUTOMATED OBSERVING STATION AT THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
REGIONAL AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 84 MPH.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE
CENTER. THE AUTOMATED OBSERVING STATION AT THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT
RECENTLY REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 46 MPH.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 986 MILLIBARS...OR 29.12 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE ARE NO MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.

HOWEVER...CALCASIEU PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISES
ANYONE LIVING IN LOW-LYING OR FLOOD-PRONE AREAS TO CONSIDER A
SAFER LOCATION IN THE EVENT OF FLOODING. IN ADDITION...ANYONE WHO
FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE IN HIS OR HER CURRENT LIVING LOCATION SHOULD
CONSIDER MOVING TO A MORE SECURE LOCATION.

THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER IS AVAILABLE AS A SHELTER. PERSONS
UNABLE TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES OR GET A RIDE FROM FAMILY OR
FRIENDS TO THE SHELTER SHOULD CALL THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
AT 337-721-4040.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...TIDES WERE RUNNING 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
BEFORE NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO BEGAN PUSHING
WATER BACK OUT INTO THE GULF. TIDES SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY.

FOR CAMERON PARISH...TIDES WERE RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
AND MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY TO 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
THIS MORNING. THESE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL RESULT IN SIMILAR
AFFECTS SEEN DURING TROPICAL STORM FRANCES IN 1998 AND TROPICAL
STORM CHRIS IN 1982.

FOR VERMILION...IBERIA...AND SAINT MARY PARISHES...TIDES ARE
RUNNING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THIS COULD INCREASE TO
2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LATER THIS MORNING.

FOR POSSIBLE TIDE LEVELS OF 5 TO 6 FEET ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 82 WILL HAVE WATER ACROSS THEM BETWEEN HOLLY
BEACH AND JOHNSON'S BAYOU...AND BETWEEN OAK GROVE AND GRAND
CHENIER. ALSO EXPECT PORTIONS OF MAIN STREET IN CAMERON TO
FLOOD...WITH WATER DEPTHS NEAR 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP.

FOR EXPECTED TIDE LEVELS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ACROSS VERMILION PARISH...
SOME ROADS IN INTRACOASTAL CITY AND DELCAMBRE WILL BE UNDER A FOOT
OF WATER.

FOR EXPECTED TIDE LEVELS OF 3 TO 4 FEET ACROSS IBERIA AND SAINT
MARY PARISHES...SOME ROADS WILL BE UNDER A FOOT OF WATER NEAR
CYPREMORT POINT AND BURNS POINT.

TIDES AT SABINE PASS ON THURSDAY...LOW TIDE AT 1124 AM...HIGH
TIDE AT 5:32 PM...AND LOW TIDE AT 11:27 PM.

TIDES AT CAMERON ON THURSDAY...LOW TIDE AT 10:38 AM...HIGH TIDE
AT 4:36 PM...AND LOW TIDE AT 10:41 PM.

TIDES IN VERMILION BAY ON THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 5:15 AM...LOW TIDE
AT 11:29 AM...HIGH TIDE AT 6:18 PM...AND LOW TIDE AT 11:32 PM.

...WIND...
THROUGH 8 AM...GUSTS TO MINIMAL HURRICANE FORCE...75 TO 80 MPH WILL
OCCUR OVER JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A FEW
GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME
WESTERN CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES THROUGH 10 AM...ROUGHLY FROM
JOHNSONS BAYOU TO VINTON TO STARKS.

THROUGH 10 AM...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXCEEDING 40 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH...WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD OVER INLAND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS INCLUDES AN AREA
AROUND THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO FROM ROUGHLY KOUNTZE TO SILSBEE TO
BUNA TO DE QUINCY TO JENNINGS TO GRAND CHENIER.

MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY WORK THEIR WAY
INTO THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS WELL AS WEST-CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN TOTALS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME
LOCATIONS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF RAIN. FOR THIS REASON A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES...
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION
EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH IS
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE PARISHES AND COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 10 UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING. TORNADO WATCHES MAY BE
NECESSARY FURTHER INLAND LATER THIS MORNING.

...HYDROLOGIC IMPACT...
HIGH TIDES ALONG THE COAST WILL CAUSE WATER TO BACK UP ALONG THE LOWER
REACHES OF THE CALCASIEU...MERMENTAU...VERMILION...NECHES AND SABINE
RIVERS. CURRENTLY...THE CALCASIEU RIVER AT OLD TOWN BAY AND SALT
WATER BARRIER ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE FLOOD STAGE OF 4 FEET SOMETIME
THIS MORNING. THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE AREA
RIVER LEVELS AND FLOWS TO INCREASE. RESIDENTS WITH INTERESTS ALONG
AREA RIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE BY 8
AM CDT THIS MORNING.

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