Laura will join a rare class of hurricanes including Charley and Michael that cause severe wind damage even well inland from the landfall location. These gusts are strong enough to cause structural failure of even well-built structures, as well as catastrophic tree damage.īecause Laura is strengthening almost all the way to the coast, it will more efficiently carry extreme gusts down to the surface than a steady state or weakening hurricane like Rita was at impact. The areas that see the eyewall itself are likely to experience wind gusts of 130 mph or more, likely north from Cameron Parish into Calcasieu and Beauregard Parishes. With the town of Cameron in the crosshairs as landfall point, the 25-mile diameter eye will slot in roughly between Beaumont and Lake Charles, though closer to the latter. While this is a less acute impact than surge or wind in the short-term, Laura is likely to spread 5-10" of rainfall north into northern and Louisiana and western and central Arkansas into the weekend, as well as the local rainfall of 10-15" in southern Louisiana exacerbating existing surge impacts. advisory package highlights the risk of flooding rainfall from Hurricane Laura. The third key message from the NHC's 10 p.m. Please follow the life-saving advice in the Extreme Wind Warning. The worst starts now for Southwest Louisiana. Remain in place through the passage of these life-threatening conditions." Use mattresses, blankets or pillows to cover your head and body. Get under a table or other piece of sturdy furniture. Take action now to protect your life! The safest place to be during a major landfalling hurricane is in a reinforced interior room away from windows. TAKE COVER NOW! Treat these imminent extreme winds as if a tornado was approaching and move immediately to the safe room in your shelter. Beaumont, Lake Charles, Port Arthur, Sulphur, Orange, Nederland, Groves, Port Neches, Lumberton and Vidor. 1:40 a.m update: Winds take out radars in Louisiana 128 mph gust in Lake CharlesĮxtreme winds have taken out the NWS weather radars in Lake Charles and Fort Polk, LA, cutting into meteorologists' ability to see Hurricane Laura as it barrels inland. You can follow the rest of hurricane season with us at , or through your USA Today Network newspaper of choice. We hope our coverage was informative, and helped you better understand the threats posed by this exceptionally dangerous storm. Thank you for watching Hurricane Laura with us at WeatherTiger. As with any storm of this magnitude, the devastation will take many days to fully understand as Southwest Louisiana slowly emerges from the chaos of the storm. hurricane of the 21st Century (after Michael and tied with Charley). This was a night with few parallels in recent hurricane history, with Laura tying for the 2nd-highest winds at landfall of any continental U.S. And with that, we are wrapping up live coverage of Hurricane Laura's historic landfall.
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