INFORMATION, WE ARE SEEING AN OUTER FEEDER BAND, THOSE ARE
ROTATING AROUND THE EAST INTO
THE WEST, QUITE A BIT OF
LIGHTNING BUT AGAIN THIS FEEDER
BAND, THIS IS THE ONE OF THE
REASONS WE START TO SEE THE
WINDS INCREASING AND THESE
FEEDER BANDS IS WHEN YOU START
SEEING LATER ON TONIGHT THAT
THE WINDS WILL REALLY INCREASE
ESPECIALLY AS THE STORM GETS
CLOSE TO THE COASTLINE, WHEN
YOU WATCH ON RADAR THAT'S WHEN
YOU WANT TO HUNKER DOWN.
THE WINDS WILL BE HIGHER BUT
LOWER ALONG THE COASTLINE AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. EVERY TIME A FEEDER BAND COMES
IN THAT'S WHEN THE WINDS WILL
GO UP THROUGH THE NIGHT.
WOODVILLE IS STILL SEEING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SATELLITE,
AND IT SHOWS HURRICANE LAURA,
IT'S ABOUT 148 MILES TO THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES AT THE PRESENT
TIME, THE EYE IS 40 MILES WIDE,
THAT'S NOT EXTREME BUT I'M JUST
REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
DOUGHNUT STRUCTURE, LOOK AT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. IS
THIS. IS VERY SYMMETRIC, THE MORE
SYMMETRIC IT IS, THE STRONGER
IT IS.
IT IS.
IT IS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A
CATEGORY 4. YOU CAN SEE THE
STRIATIONS, THIS IS WHAT IS
AWESOME TO ME AS THE STRIATIONS
WITHIN THIS DOUGHNUT, THAT IS
TELLING US THAT IT'S ALMOST
PRISTINE CONDITIONS AT THIS
POINT, AND WHY IT'S SO STRONG
AND WHY IT CONTINUES TO MOVE TO
THE NORTHWEST.
THE NORTHWEST. SO IF THIS COMES IN TONIGHT AND
IT GOES OVER YOUR HOUSE, YOU DO
NOT WANT TO BE OUT IN THE EYE,
THE WINDS ARE CALM BUT IT'S THE
BACKSIDE THAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE STRONGER.
BUT AS THIS REACHES THE
COASTLINE, THAT'S WHEN SOME OF
THESE FEEDER BANDS ARE REALLY
GOING TO START PICKING UP.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WINDS ALONG
THE RIVER BASIN BACK TOWARDS
VERMILION PARISH AND PAIR BOND,
AND NEAR LAFOURCHE PARISH THEY
HAVE SEEN WIND GUSTS AROUND 50
MILES PER HOUR IN THE LAST
HOUR, BUT AGAIN, MOVING OFF TO
THE NORTH AND WEST AT 60 MILES
AN HOUR,. OTHERWISE ON RADAR,
YOU CAN SEE THE FEEDER BANDS,
THIS IS ONE OF THE OUTER FEEDER
BANDS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET
THE TRAUMATIC THUNDERSTORMS AND
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU HAVE
TORNADO WARNINGS, THESE FEEDER
BANDS ARE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THE WINDS REALLY RAMP UP,
BUT SOUTH OF THIS THE WINDS
WILL GO DOWN AND OF COURSE THEN
WE GET THE CONTINUOUS RAINFALL
WITH THE MAIN STORM MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BACK OVER
INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS, THAT'S 40
MILES WIDE-EYED, THAT'S WHEN WE
HAVE THE WIND EXTENDING OUTWARD
SOME 60 MILES.
ITS FORECAST TO COME IN
OVERNIGHT, ROUGHLY AROUND
MIDNIGHT, 1:00 TO 2:00 IN THE
MORNING, WITH WINDS OF 145
MILES PER HOUR, HOPEFULLY IT
WILL WEAKEN BUT AGAIN THAT IS
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO REALLY
START TO SEE THE WIND, ALMOST A
CONCENTRIC EYE WALL STARTING TO
FORM, THAT'S WHERE THE STORM
WILL REORGANIZE. IT'S A
CATEGORY 4, ITS FORECAST TO
TAKE AIM ON THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COASTLINE, THAT WOULD
BE ROUGHLY, MIDNIGHT, 1:00, 2:00
IN THE MORNING, ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THE STORM PARTICULARLY
EAST OF CAMERON PARISH, THAT'S
WHEN YOU WILL GET A SWATH OF
STORM SURGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
THE ONSHORE FLOW, THAT'S THE
DIRTY SIDE OF THE STORM, THAT'S
WHERE YOU SEE THE WIND IS
WHIPPING, ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THIS, BECAUSE THE CENTER IS
STILL NEAR SABINE LAKE YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE A 13 FOOT STORM
SURGE BUT THE FURTHER YOU GO
AWAY YOU WILL HAVE WINDS BACK
TOWARDS LIBERTY COUNTY, WINNIE,
THAT TENDS TO PUSH WATER OUT,
SO THE STORM SURGE WILL BE
LOWER ON THAT SIDE.
IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE
ANIMATION, NOTICE IT GOES RIGHT
UP THE SABINE RIVER, RIGHT ON
INTO NEWTON COUNTY BACK OVER
TOWARDS NEWTON, IT'LL BE MOVING
RIGHT OVER YOUR HOUSE.
WITHIN ABOUT LET'S SEE, I'D SAY
ABOUT MIDNIGHT, 1:00, WITHIN
SIX HOURS IT'LL GO FROM A
CATEGORY 4 TO A CATEGORY 1.
THIS IS GOING TO COST QUITE A
BIT BEFORE STATION IF YOU WILL,
AND THAT WILL BRING DOWN THE
POWER LINES, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T
HAVE ROOFS BEING TORN OFF, ALL
THAT WATER WILL BE FORCED UP,
RIGHT THROUGH BIG LAKE AND ON
INTO LAKE CHARLES.
IT'S ALMOST A FINAL EFFECT,
THAT'S WHY IT'S A SERIOUS
SITUATION, IT IS A LIFE-AND-
DEATH SITUATION AS FAR AS ON
THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE STORM AS
IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST TEXAS, SO
WE ARE STILL HOPING, WE DON'T
WISH THIS ON ANYBODY BUT THIS
IS MY HOME, WE WANT TO MOVE
THIS AWAY.
THIS AWAY. WE ARE HOPING.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE HURRICANE
WARNING, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT 40 MILES
WIDE AND ROUGHLY 185 MILES TO
THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE
CHARLES AT THIS TIME.
>> PATRICK I WAS WATCHING YOUR
COVERAGE LAST NIGHT AND I
REMEMBER YOU SAYING THIS IS
JUST SPECULATION BUT LAURA
COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOR,
AND YOU'RE KIND OF SAYING I
CALLED IT?
CALLED IT? >> WELL.
>> WELL.
>> WELL. >> IT'S NOT THE NEWS WE WANT
BUT THE ENVIRONMENT WAS RIGHT
FOR THE STORM TO PASS THROUGH?
>> WE HAVE NOT HAD A STORM IN
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT WAS
IN THIS PART OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO, THE WATER WAS 87
DEGREES, 87, 88, 89 DEGREES OUT
THERE, SO THAT USES A LOT OF
ENERGY FOR THE STORM.
WITH HIGH PRESSURE, THE BANDING
I JUST SHOWED YOU ON SATELLITE
WHICH IS EXTREMELY EVERYTHING
COMING TOGETHER AT THIS TIME.
CERTAINLY THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
>> WE THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US
INFORMED, CHIEF METEROLOGIST
PATRICK VAUGHN WILL BE HERE
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.