...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT.
NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA AND LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY
MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL
 LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
 AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...
 RAPIDES AND ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IBERIA...
 LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY AND UPPER ST. MARTIN.
 IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...CALCASIEU...
 CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND VERMILION.
* FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
* THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND MOISTURE
  FROM AN SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF HURRICANE IDA OVER
  THE NORTHERN GULF WILL RESULT IN A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL TO
  DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY
  OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.
* THIS WILL RESULT IN A LARGE SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL OVER
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WITH A 3 TO 4 INCH AREA
  POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY
  TUESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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.TIDE LEVELS CONTINUE NEAR ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES...RESULTING IN TIDE LEVELS BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 FEET AT THE
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL RESULT ON ONLY VERY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING THIS
PERIOD...MAINLY IN LOW LYING AREAS WITHOUT ANY NATURAL OR MAN MADE
DUNE PROTECTION.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
GULF OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE WIND DIRECTION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
TO THE NORTHEAST BY MORNING BEFORE THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE...THUS
BRINGING TIDES BACK DOWN TO NORMAL LEVELS.
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