Hurricane Local Statement

Headline	Hurricane Local Statement
Description	Hurricane watch Remains in Effect Ike Expected to Make Landfall near Freeport Texas. this Statement Recommends Actions to be Taken by Persons in The Following Parish or Marine Areas: Cameron. The Following Watches and Warnings are Currently in effect For this Area: Tropical storm Warning. Hurricane Watch. Mandatory Evacuations Have Been Ordered for Lower Cameron Parish As of 10am Wednesday Morning. a Last Resort Shelter will Open At The Lake Charles Civic Center at 6pm Wednesday for Cameron Parish Residents Only. Coastal Inundation of Prone Communities is Possible. All Residents Living on the Shoreline will Experience Significant Flooding During High Tide. Homes will Likely Become Uninhabitable in Flood Prone Areas. Entire Flood Prone Coastal Communities Will be Temporarily Cut Off, Water Levels May Exceed 6 Feet or More for More Than a Mile Inland. Coastal Residents of One Story Homes Who do Not Evacuate will Face Life Threatening Consequences. Those in Multi - Story or Multi - Unit Facilities Risk Being Cut Off For Days. Parked Vehicles will be Severely Damaged in the Flood Zone. Conditions will be Worsened by Battering Waves. Such Waves Will Exacerbate Property Damage, Including Destruction of Homes And washing Away Vehicles. Beach Erosion will be Substantial, And Require Months to Clean Up. The Actual Tides will Reach 4 Feet (minor Flooding) by Friday Morning, Followed by a Rapid Vertical Water Rise to Around 6 Feet Friday Afternoon (major Flooding), Cresting near 10 Feet by very Early Saturday Morning. The storm Surge will be Slow to Recede Through Saturday Evening Due to the Prolonged Onshore Flow (after Ike Moves Inland). Water Levels will be Similar to The storm Surge Experienced During Hurricane Carla of September 1961. for Cameron Parish, Most Sections of Coastal Roads of La 82, La 27, and La 1141 will be Flooded, Mainly South of The Intracoastal Waterway near the Gibbstown Bridge. Most Low Lying Areas around Calcasieu Lake will be Flooded, Including Portions of Hackberry and Grand Lake East to Boones Corner near La 385 And La 384. Cameron Parish will Experience Tropical storm Force winds Between 40 and 50 MPH with Gusts to 65 MPH Possible Early Friday Morning and Persist for the Remainder of the Day Into Saturday Morning. There is a 45 to 60 Percent Chance of Tropical storm Force winds Across Cameron Parish with a 6 to 12 Percent Chance of Hurricane Force winds. an Increasing Threat of tornadoes will Begin Friday Afternoon Into Friday Night. The Next Update will be around 5am At 100am CST...0600z...the Center of Hurricane Ike was Located near Latitude 25.0 North...longitude 87.2 West or About 645 Miles... 1040 Km...east of Brownsville Texas and About 305 Miles...495 Km... South-southeast of the Mouth of The Mississippi River. Ike is moving toward the West-northwest near 9 MPH...15 Km/hr. A General West-northwestward Motion over the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico is Expected today and Friday. Maximum Sustained winds are near 100 MPH...160 Km/hr...with Higher Gusts. Ike is a Category Two Hurricane on the Saffir- Simpson Scale. Although Fluctuations in Strength are Possible During the Next Couple of Days...gradual Strengthening Is Forecast During this Period...and Ike Could Become a Major Hurricane today or on Friday. Ike is a Large Tropical Cyclone. Hurricane Force winds Extend Outward Up to 115 Miles...185 Km...from the Center...and Tropical storm Force winds Extend Outward Up to 230 Miles...370 Km. The Minimum Central Pressure Estimated from Air Force Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Observations was 946 Mb...27.94 Inches. Coastal storm Surge Flooding of 3 to 5 Feet Above Normal Tide Levels...along with Large and Dangerous Battering Waves...can Be Expected Within the Tropical storm Warning Area.
Expires	9/11/08 5:45 AM
Message ID	78246
County/Area	Lafayette, LA (latitude: 30.2159, longitude: -92.0904)