WTUS84 KLCH 052133 HLSLCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM KAREN LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 433 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...KAREN REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF GULF OF MEXICO WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VERMILION... IBERIA...AND ST MARY PARISHES THROUGH TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 3 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1N...LONGITUDE 91.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LA...OR ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MORGAN CITY LA. STORM MOTION WAS N OR 360 DEGREES AT 2 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... DISORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM KAREN IS NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THEN OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AND INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SUNDAY. THEREFORE...TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY AND OUT 60 MILES... AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGHER SWELLS FROM KAREN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE SEAS LOWER AND THE WINDS BEGIN TO RELAX. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. GMZ455-475-052245- /O.CAN.KLCH.TR.W.1012.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 433 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT OR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. FOR ANY SMALL CRAFT WHO ARE IN DISTRESS...OR IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ELSE IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS BEACON. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL STILL OCCUR. $$ For more information, go to middletnweather.info
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:34:08 +0000
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