{"id":47238,"date":"2020-08-25T10:48:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=47238"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:48:14","slug":"tropical-storm-laura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/08\/tropical-storm-laura\/","title":{"rendered":"TROPICAL STORM LAURA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BULLETIN\nTropical Storm Laura Intermediate Advisory Number 22A\nNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL132020\n700 AM CDT Tue Aug 25 2020\n\n...LAURA NOW JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH...\n...FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF\nOF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY...\n\n\nSUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION\n----------------------------------------------\nLOCATION...23.4N 86.4W\nABOUT 145 MI...235 KM NW OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA\nABOUT 625 MI...1005 KM SE OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA\nMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM\/H\nPRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM\/H\nMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 INCHES\n\n\nWATCHES AND WARNINGS\n--------------------\nCHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:\n\nNone.\n\nSUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:\n\nA Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...\n* San Luis Pass Texas to Ocean Springs Mississippi\n* Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Lake Borgne\n\nA Hurricane Watch is in effect for...\n* San Luis Pass Texas to west of Morgan City Louisiana\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...\n* Cuban provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Mayabeque,\nLa Habana, Artemisa, Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of Youth\n* Dry Tortugas\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...\n* San Luis Pass to Freeport Texas\n* Morgan City Louisiana to the Mouth of the Mississippi River\n\nA Storm Surge Watch means there is a possibility of life-\nthreatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the\ncoastline, in the indicated locations during the next 48 hours.\nFor a depiction of areas at risk, please see the National Weather\nService Storm Surge Watch\/Warning Graphic, available at\nhurricanes.gov.\n\nA Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible\nwithin the watch area.  A watch is typically issued 48 hours\nbefore the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force\nwinds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or\ndangerous.\n\nA Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are\nexpected somewhere within the warning area.\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are\npossible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.\n\nHurricane and Storm Surge Warnings will likely be issued later\ntoday for portions of the Texas and Louisiana coasts.\n\nFor storm information specific to your area in the United\nStates, including possible inland watches and warnings, please\nmonitor products issued by your local National Weather Service\nforecast office. For storm information specific to your area\noutside of the United States, please monitor products issued by\nyour national meteorological service.\n\n\nDISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK\n----------------------\nAt 700 AM CDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Laura was\nlocated near latitude 23.4 North, longitude 86.4 West. Laura is\nmoving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph (28 km\/h), and this\ngeneral motion should continue today. A turn toward the northwest is\nforecast by Wednesday, and a northwestward to north-northwestward\nmotion should continue through Wednesday night.  On the forecast\ntrack, the center of Laura will move away from Cuba and over the\nsoutheastern Gulf of Mexico this morning.  Laura is then forecast to\nmove over the central and northwestern Gulf of Mexico tonight and\nWednesday, approach the Upper Texas and Southwest Louisiana coasts\non Wednesday night and move inland near those area on Thursday.\n\nReports from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum\nsustained winds have increased to near 70 mph (110 km\/h) with higher\ngusts.  Significant strengthening is forecast during the next 48\nhours, and Laura is expected to be a major hurricane at landfall.\n\nTropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles (280 km)\nfrom the center.\n\nThe minimum central pressure estimated from the Hurricane Hunter\naircraft data is 991 mb (29.26 inches).\n\n\nHAZARDS AFFECTING LAND\n----------------------\nKey messages for Laura can be found in the Tropical Cyclone\nDiscussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3 and WMO header WTNT43 KNHC.\n\nSTORM SURGE:  The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the\ntide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by\nrising waters moving inland from the shoreline.  The water could\nreach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated\nareas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide...\n\nHigh Island TX to Morgan City LA including Sabine Lake, Calcasieu\nLake, and Vermilion Bay...7-11 ft\nPort Bolivar TX to High Island TX...4-6 ft\nMorgan City LA to Mouth of the Mississippi River...4-6 ft\nMouth of the Mississippi River to Ocean Springs MS including Lake\nBorgne...3-5 ft\nSan Luis Pass TX to Port Bolivar TX...2-4 ft\nGalveston Bay...2-4 ft\nLake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas...2-4 ft\n\nThe deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and to\nthe right of the landfall location, where the surge will be\naccompanied by large and destructive waves.  Surge-related\nflooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal\ncycle, and can vary greatly over short distances.  For information\nspecific to your area, please see products issued by your local\nNational Weather Service forecast office.\n\nRAINFALL: Laura is expected to produce the following storm total\nrainfall accumulations:\n\nRainfall will be coming to an end across western Cuba this morning\nwith additional rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches possible.\n\nFrom Wednesday afternoon into Saturday, Laura is expected to produce\nrainfall of 4 to 8 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 12\ninches across portions of the west-central U.S. Gulf Coast near the\nTexas and Louisiana border north into portions of the lower\nMississippi Valley.  This rainfall could cause widespread flash and\nurban flooding, small streams to overflow their banks, and minor to\nisolated moderate river flooding.\n\nWIND:  Tropical storm conditions are expected to continue within\nthe warning area in western Cuba during the next few hours.\nTropical storm conditions are also expected for the Dry Tortugas for\na few more hours.\n\nHurricane conditions are possible in the hurricane watch area along\nthe Gulf Coast by late Wednesday, with tropical storm conditions\npossible by Wednesday afternoon.\n\nSURF:  Swells generated by Laura are affecting portions of Cuba, the\ncentral Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. Swells are expected to spread\nnorthward along portions of the west coast of Florida peninsula and\nthe coast of the Florida panhandle later today and tonight, and\nreach the northern and northwest Gulf coast by Wednesday. These\nswells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current\nconditions.  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