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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
NICHOLAS LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA AL142021
354 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2021
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JEFFERSON-
354 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2021
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..STORM SURGE WARNING IS CANCELLED
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- BEAUMONT
- NEDERLAND
- PORT ARTHUR
- SABINE PASS
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: LAST MINUTE EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW
BE COMPLETE. THE AREA REMAINS SUBJECT TO LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: NOW IS THE TIME TO SHELTER FROM HAZARDOUS WIND.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 2 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: SHELTER AGAINST STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1
FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: ALL FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. EXPECT
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING ROADS AND PROPERTY.
- ACT: STAY AWAY FROM STORM SURGE PRONE AREAS. CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
EXTREME FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE LIKELY.
- PREPARE: URGENTLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FROM EXTREME
AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. FLOOD
CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
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WEST CAMERON-
354 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2021
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..STORM SURGE WATCH IS CANCELLED
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- JOHNSON BAYOU
- HOLLY BEACH
- HACKBERRY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES
ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN
OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 2 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: SHELTER AGAINST STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1
FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: ALL FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. EXPECT
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING ROADS AND PROPERTY.
- ACT: STAY AWAY FROM STORM SURGE PRONE AREAS. CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
EXTREME FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE LIKELY.
- PREPARE: URGENTLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FROM EXTREME
AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. FLOOD
CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
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ORANGE-
354 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2021
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- BRIDGE CITY
- ORANGE
- VIDOR
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES
ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN
OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING
ARE NEEDED.
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR
FORECASTS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
EXTREME FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE LIKELY.
- PREPARE: URGENTLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FROM EXTREME
AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. FLOOD
CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
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