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Hurricane Local Statement for LEE



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WTUS84 KLCH 050257
HLSLCH

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
957 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...LEE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...FLOODING RAINS EXPECTED
TO SPREAD FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE APPALACHIANS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY
FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.0N...LONGITUDE 91.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 140 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAMERON LA...OR ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF MORGAN CITY
LA. STORM MOTION WAS ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 7 MPH. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



PAY ATTENTION FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND STAY AWAY FROM
DOWNED POWER LINES. LISTEN FOR ANY BOIL WATER ALERTS.

MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE
MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS.

&&

.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. 

LAZ043>045-052>055-050400-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-
957 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...

$$

LAZ032-050400-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
EVANGELINE-
957 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...

$$

GMZ452-455-472-475-050400-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.1013.000000T0000Z-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 TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
957 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...

$$

GMZ435-050400-
/O.CAN.KLCH.HU.S.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
VERMILION BAY-
957 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED...

$$

LAZ029-033-050400-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TR.W.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
AVOYELLES-ST. LANDRY-
957 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$







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