Brent
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Also 8.4 feet of surge is what I think what she said
Landfall is imminent very close to Cameron
Landfall is imminent very close to Cameron
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Tropical Major Hurricane Laura
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Shaggy
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Surge may be worse for many areas after the eye passes and the winds go from barely offshore to onshore when it shifts to the SW winds.
Brent
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936mb Cameron
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Hmmm wonder if they'll up this to Cat 5 on post-analysis next year. Lots of radar indicated cat 5 winds as it neared the coast.
Brent
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104 mph in Lake Charles
Not in the eyewall yet
Not in the eyewall yet
Snow_chaser
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I bet they do just like with Michael.
Brent
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This is the strongest Louisiana hurricane landfall since the 1800s before the Civil War!
Shaggy
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no ground truth YET of those kind of winds
Brent
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..EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LAURA MAKES LANDFALL
NEAR CAMERON LOUISIANA...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...
SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.8N 93.3W
ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM SSW OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM E OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...938 MB...27.70 INCHES
NEAR CAMERON LOUISIANA...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...
SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.8N 93.3W
ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM SSW OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM E OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...938 MB...27.70 INCHES
Dewpoint Dan
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Im surprised Cameron hasnt reported gusts well over 150 since its sustained at 150.
PROBABLY CANT REPORT ANYTHING
Snow_chaser
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If they don’t get ground confirmation of that type of winds, the numbers they reported of 150, were those supposed to be ground level? If so, what would explain that?
Brent
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The TWC crew in Lake Charles almost got taken out by debris
RIP KLCH
Brent
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To be fair they usually don't confirm the surface winds on land because they decrease so quickly and communication usually goes down anyway
They'll end up most likely using a combo of radar and the recon obs
Snow_chaser
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Watching Jeff Piotrowski on youtube, he’s on top of parking garage in Lake Charles getting rocked. South part of the city still has power.
910guy
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Jim Cantori just put on his helmet, here we go!
Dewpoint Dan
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Cantore and Abrams are a great team. Love watching them.
Downeastnc
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On this feed they show a gust to 128 in Lake Charles....
Brent
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128 mph in Lake Charles
Shaggy
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128mph gust at lake Charles. The GM of their hotel almost got a head full.of glass.
smast16
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sustained at 85mph, hurricane force at least.
Stephanie would have been hit with a lot of glass if she had stayed outside in the storm 2 minutes longer. I don't expect to see any hate on her "going inside" on this forum. Thanks.
smast16
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That AC!
Brent
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omg the whistling wind on TWC that was wild
Moss bluff
Downeastnc
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Looking like the surge is coming in WAY under forecast luckily......Lake Charles so far at least has not cracked 5 ft much less the 15 ft they were forecast to get....same with Cameron looks like they came in even under what Rita did.....a lot of time duration is worse than peak wind strength so the fast motion of the system may have prevented a lot of the bigger numbers from happening....
Downeastnc
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Cameron LA
Peak gust reported is 109 knts ( 126 mph ) on the front side and 93 knts (108 mph ) on the backside not sure if there are others not reported.....honestly this is a little lower than I would have expected from a 150 mph sustained Cat 4.....
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=capl1
Peak gust reported is 109 knts ( 126 mph ) on the front side and 93 knts (108 mph ) on the backside not sure if there are others not reported.....honestly this is a little lower than I would have expected from a 150 mph sustained Cat 4.....
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=capl1
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Downeastnc
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It actually looks better the last hr or so on IR......cloud tops on the east and NE side cooling even....
Brent
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Blue_Ridge_Escarpment
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Lake Charles reported 132mph before their station was lost around 2AM. Wow!
Darklordsuperstorm
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Laura trying to destroy every radar in Louisiana
SO FAR SHES DOING A GOOD JOB
Jessy89
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So did the predicted 40 mile inland unsurvivable surge happen?
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Just curious...which aspects do you feel were over-forecast? Surge, winds?
Any 20 foot storm surge reported? What’s the highest you guys have seen?
Looks like possibly both from observations? I’m asking more than making a statement really. I’m unable to find the 140+sustained winds or 30 mile inshore surge. All of which is good.... not complaining. Just wondering what happened.