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Major Winter Storm in the North-Central U.S.; Severe Weather from the Mid-South to Ohio Valley

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POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE ZETA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1057 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2020


NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS
WERE IN EFFECT...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH ZETA
OR ITS REMNANTS WAS AFFECTING THE AREA.

COUNTIES INCLUDED...ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
CALCASIEU...CAMERON...EVANGELINE...HARDIN...IBERIA...JASPER...
JEFFERSON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...NEWTON...ORANGE...
RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...TYLER...VERMILION...
VERNON...






A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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KLCH-LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.13 -93.23  1005.0  28/2053   310/024  28/2242   320/033 28/2255

KAEX-ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LA
31.33 -92.56  1004.2  28/2153   280/020  29/0712   290/032 29/0704

KLFT-LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.21 -91.98  1001.8  28/2153   300/020  29/0134   300/028 29/0134

KARA-NEW IBERIA/ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.03 -91.88  1001.4  28/2153   280/021  28/0125   280/030 29/0125

KP92-SALT POINT LA
29.56 -91.53  996.9   28/2059   280/016  29/0159   270/030 29/0813

KESF-ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
31.40 -92.28  1003.9  28/2153   290/014  29/0730   240/027 29/0714

KPTN-PATTERSON MEMORIAL AIRPORT LA
29.71 -91.34  997.6   28/2156   050/023  28/2056   060/034 28/2105

K3R7-JENNINGS AIRPORT LA
30.24 -92.67                    290/018  28/2335   290/026 28/2335

REMARKS:


NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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AMRL1-AMERADA PASS
29.45 -91.34  994.3   28/2136   280/023  28/1836   030/032 28/2124
                                    11

EINL1-NORTH OF EUGENE ISLAND
29.37 -91.38  993.6   28/2130   360/034  28/2130   360/042 28/2130
                                     4

TESL1-BERWICK
29.67 -91.24                    060/028  28/2130   060/037 28/2130
                                  12.5

FRWL1-FRESHWATER CANAL LOCKS
29.55 -92.31                    050/015  28/1606   050/022 28/1718
                                  17.4

CAPL1-CALCASIEU PASS
29.77 -93.34  1002.8  28/1930   120/012  28/1424   120/019 28/1424
                                  12.3

TXPT2-TEXAS POINT
29.69 -93.84  1003.9  28/1954   120/022  28/1454   120/027 28/1454
                                  12.5

KSCF-SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 268A
29.12 -91.87                    080/046  28/1910   080/052 28/1910
                                  24.7

REMARKS:


C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC OCT 27 UNTIL 1200 UTC OCT 29
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CITY/TOWN                    COUNTY               ID         RAINFALL
LAT LON                                                       (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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6 WNW ALEXANDRIA             RAPIDES             KAEX          0.74
31.33  -92.56

4 WNW NEW IBERIA             IBERIA              KARA          0.65
30.03  -91.88

3 E LAFAYETTE                LAFAYETTE           KLFT          0.51
30.21  -91.98

2 SW NEDERLAND               JEFFERSON           KBPT          0.47
29.95  -94.02

6 SSW LAKE CHARLES           CALCASIEU           KLCH          0.31
30.13  -93.23



D. INLAND FLOODING...
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E. MAXIMUM OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (WL)...
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ID     CITY/TOWN       COUNTY     STATE  WL  DATUM  DATE/   SOURCE
       OR LOCATION                      (FT)        TIME
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AMRL1  AMERADA PASS    ST. MARY     LA  1.16 MHHW   29/0718 NOS
29.4496  -91.3381

EINL1  EUGENE ISLAND   ST. MARY     LA  1.23 MHHW   28/1816 NOS
29.3675  -91.3839

TESL1  BERWICK         ST. MARY     LA -0.14 MHHW   29/0848 NOS
29.6675  -91.2376

FRWL1  FRESHWATER LOCK VERMILION    LA  2.57 MHHW   28/2006 NOS
29.5517  -92.3052

CAPL1  CALCASIEU PASS  CAMERON      LA  1.73 MHHW   28/1942 NOS
29.7682  -93.3429

BKTL1  BULK TERMINAL   CALCASIEU    LA  1.30 MHHW   28/2212 NOS
30.1902  -93.3008

LCLL1  LAKE CHARLES    CALCASIEU    LA  1.50 MHHW   28/2224 NOS
30.2236  -93.2217

TXPT2  TEXAS POINT     JEFFERSON    TX  1.42 MHHW   28/1842 NOS
29.6894  -93.8419

PORT2  PORT ARTHUR     JEFFERSON    TX  1.22 MHHW   28/2018 NOS
29.8671  -93.9310

REMARKS:


F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN              COUNTY           DATE/         EF SCALE
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL)                         TIME(UTC)    (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...
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COUNTY            DEATHS           INJURIES             EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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