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UPDATED 4:45 A.M.: Cindy makes landfall

TROPICAL STORM CINDY LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA AL032017
424 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017

THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS

**CINDY MAKES LANDFALL IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA**

NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE

* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ACADIA, CALCASIEU,
EAST CAMERON, HARDIN, IBERIA, JEFFERSON, JEFFERSON DAVIS,
LAFAYETTE, LOWER ST. MARTIN, ORANGE, SOUTHERN JASPER, SOUTHERN
NEWTON, ST. MARY, UPPER ST. MARTIN, VERMILION, AND WEST CAMERON

* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CAMERON LA OR ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES LA
- 29.9N 93.6W
- STORM INTENSITY 40 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 12 MPH

SITUATION OVERVIEW
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AS OF 4 AM CDT, TROPICAL STORM CINDY HAS MADE LANDFALL OVER SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA. AREAS OF RAIN AND HEAVIER RAINBANDS AROUND THE CENTER OF
CINDY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TODAY, WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK OF
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF GUSTS, WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL RESULT IN COASTAL INUNDATION OF 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL DURING THE MORNING HOURS AT THE TIME OF PREDICTED
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN COASTAL
FLOODING LINGERING AFTER THE TROPICAL STORM HAS MOVED COMPLETELY
INLAND.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING RAIN ARE STILL UNFOLDING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. REMAIN WELL GUARDED AGAINST
DANGEROUS FLOOD WATERS HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. IF
REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- MODERATE RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT SEVERAL EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS IN A FEW PLACES, ESPECIALLY
IN USUALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND
DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES OR WEAKEN FOUNDATIONS.
SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE EXPANDED AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON MOVING WATER AS
STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING RAIN ARE STILL UNFOLDING ACROSS
COASTAL LOUISIANA. REMAIN WELL GUARDED AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS FLOOD
WATERS HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS.

* WIND:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE NOW UNFOLDING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. REMAIN WELL SHELTERED FROM
HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS. IF REALIZED, THESE
IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- 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.

* TORNADOES:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES ARE STILL UNFOLDING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. REMAIN WELL BRACED AGAINST A TORNADO
EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS. IF REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
- THE OCCURRENCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION
OF EMERGENCY PLANS DURING TROPICAL EVENTS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH POWER
AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS PEELED OFF BUILDINGS, CHIMNEYS
TOPPLED, MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED,
LARGE TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES
KNOCKED OVER, MOVING VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS, AND SMALL BOATS
PULLED FROM MOORINGS.

* SURGE:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE NOW UNFOLDING ACROSS
COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. REMAIN WELL
AWAY FROM LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING ADDITIONAL LIMITED IMPACTS.
IF REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING MAINLY ALONG
IMMEDIATE SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS, OR IN AREAS
FARTHER INLAND ALONG RIVERS AND BAYOUS THAT DRAIN INTO THE GULF.
- SECTIONS OF ROADS AND PARKING LOTS NEAR BODIES OF WATER MAY
BECOME OVERSPREAD WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS
DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
- MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF ALSO BREACHING DUNES, MAINLY
IN USUALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
- MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, AND PIERS.
A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LITTLE TO
NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:

CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR CELL PHONE WELL CHARGED FOR AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER, USE IT MORE SPARINGLY AND MAINLY FOR
PERSONAL EMERGENCIES AND CHECK-INS.

* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG

NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA AROUND 8 AM CDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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