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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Louisiana
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List of Active Alerts by County
Calcasieu
short term forecast
Cameron
coastal flood advisory
short term forecast
Iberia
coastal flood advisory
St. Mary
coastal flood advisory
flood warning
Vermilion
coastal flood advisory
Flood Warning
St. Mary (Louisiana)
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 730 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY AFFECTING ST. MARY PARISH FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS. TURN AROUND AND DON`T DROWN. A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV. LAC101-241830- /O.CON.KLIX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /MCGL1.2.ER.000000T0000Z.080503T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 730 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 3:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * THE FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THE CURRENT STAGE OF 4.6 FEET FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. * IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET...FLOODWALL GATES WILL BE CLOSED TO PROTECT AGAINST HIGHER STAGES. VESSEL TRAFFIC WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONGER RIVER CURRENT AND VESSEL TRAFFIC SAFETY RULES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED BY THE U. S. COAST GUARD. $$ 9/SOIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Calcasieu (Louisiana)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 200 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ041-051-TXZ215-216-240815- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...CAMERON... BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 200 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 .NOW... THROUGH 3 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO MARSH ISLAND OUT 60 NM. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND CAMERON. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE ONSHORE JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON PARISH...THEN WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE PASS INTERSTATE 10. MODERATE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE SHOWERS WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 3 MILES IN THE SHOWERS. $$ RUAIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Coastal Flood Advisory
Cameron (Louisiana)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 LAZ051>054-TXZ215-241300- /O.EXT.KLCH.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080724T1300Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-JEFFERSON- 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A LARGE AND PROLONGED EAST TO SOUTHEAST FETCH OF WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL HELP CREATE SOME WATER PILING ALONG THE COAST. THE RESULT WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. TIDES WILL RUN NEAR 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL TIDE VALUES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW (MEAN LOWER LOW WATER) DURING HIGH TIDE TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HERE IS THE HIGH TIDE INFORMATION FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST: AT CAMERON...HIGH TIDE AT 6:16 AM. AT SABINE PASS...HIGH TIDE AT 7:12 AM. AT VERMILION BAY...HIGH TIDE AT 7:58 AM. AT STAGES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND SABINE PASS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TEXAS WILL HAVE WATER APPROACHING THE ROADWAY. ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...WATER WILL APPROACH HIGHWAY 82 WITH LOW SPOTS ACROSS THIS ROAD EXPERIENCING MINOR PUDDLING OF WATER. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF VERMILION... IBERIA ...AND ST. MARY PARISHES...WATER WILL APPROACH SECONDARY PARISH ROADS. $$ RUAIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Cameron (Louisiana)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 200 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ041-051-TXZ215-216-240815- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...CAMERON... BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 200 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 .NOW... THROUGH 3 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO MARSH ISLAND OUT 60 NM. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND CAMERON. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE ONSHORE JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CAMERON PARISH...THEN WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE PASS INTERSTATE 10. MODERATE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE SHOWERS WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 3 MILES IN THE SHOWERS. $$ RUAIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Coastal Flood Advisory
Vermilion (Louisiana)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 LAZ051>054-TXZ215-241300- /O.EXT.KLCH.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080724T1300Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-JEFFERSON- 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A LARGE AND PROLONGED EAST TO SOUTHEAST FETCH OF WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL HELP CREATE SOME WATER PILING ALONG THE COAST. THE RESULT WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. TIDES WILL RUN NEAR 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL TIDE VALUES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW (MEAN LOWER LOW WATER) DURING HIGH TIDE TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HERE IS THE HIGH TIDE INFORMATION FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST: AT CAMERON...HIGH TIDE AT 6:16 AM. AT SABINE PASS...HIGH TIDE AT 7:12 AM. AT VERMILION BAY...HIGH TIDE AT 7:58 AM. AT STAGES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND SABINE PASS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TEXAS WILL HAVE WATER APPROACHING THE ROADWAY. ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...WATER WILL APPROACH HIGHWAY 82 WITH LOW SPOTS ACROSS THIS ROAD EXPERIENCING MINOR PUDDLING OF WATER. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF VERMILION... IBERIA ...AND ST. MARY PARISHES...WATER WILL APPROACH SECONDARY PARISH ROADS. $$ RUAIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Coastal Flood Advisory
Iberia (Louisiana)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 LAZ051>054-TXZ215-241300- /O.EXT.KLCH.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080724T1300Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-JEFFERSON- 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A LARGE AND PROLONGED EAST TO SOUTHEAST FETCH OF WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL HELP CREATE SOME WATER PILING ALONG THE COAST. THE RESULT WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. TIDES WILL RUN NEAR 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL TIDE VALUES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW (MEAN LOWER LOW WATER) DURING HIGH TIDE TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HERE IS THE HIGH TIDE INFORMATION FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST: AT CAMERON...HIGH TIDE AT 6:16 AM. AT SABINE PASS...HIGH TIDE AT 7:12 AM. AT VERMILION BAY...HIGH TIDE AT 7:58 AM. AT STAGES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND SABINE PASS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TEXAS WILL HAVE WATER APPROACHING THE ROADWAY. ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...WATER WILL APPROACH HIGHWAY 82 WITH LOW SPOTS ACROSS THIS ROAD EXPERIENCING MINOR PUDDLING OF WATER. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF VERMILION... IBERIA ...AND ST. MARY PARISHES...WATER WILL APPROACH SECONDARY PARISH ROADS. $$ RUAIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Coastal Flood Advisory
St. Mary (Louisiana)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 LAZ051>054-TXZ215-241300- /O.EXT.KLCH.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080724T1300Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-JEFFERSON- 923 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A LARGE AND PROLONGED EAST TO SOUTHEAST FETCH OF WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL HELP CREATE SOME WATER PILING ALONG THE COAST. THE RESULT WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. TIDES WILL RUN NEAR 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL TIDE VALUES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW (MEAN LOWER LOW WATER) DURING HIGH TIDE TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HERE IS THE HIGH TIDE INFORMATION FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST: AT CAMERON...HIGH TIDE AT 6:16 AM. AT SABINE PASS...HIGH TIDE AT 7:12 AM. AT VERMILION BAY...HIGH TIDE AT 7:58 AM. AT STAGES OF 3 TO 3.5 FEET MLLW...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN PORT ARTHUR AND SABINE PASS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TEXAS WILL HAVE WATER APPROACHING THE ROADWAY. ACROSS CAMERON PARISH...WATER WILL APPROACH HIGHWAY 82 WITH LOW SPOTS ACROSS THIS ROAD EXPERIENCING MINOR PUDDLING OF WATER. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF VERMILION... IBERIA ...AND ST. MARY PARISHES...WATER WILL APPROACH SECONDARY PARISH ROADS. $$ RUAIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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