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A major winter storm will continue to bring blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall, icing, and strong winds through Monday across the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes. A line of storms will be capable of producing widespread damaging winds, tornadoes, and some large hail from the Mid-South to the Ohio Valley and the Southeast through tonight, moving into the Mid-Atlantic Monday. Read More >

Strong winds affect Gulf
on January 16, 2008

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
110 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008

...STRONG WINDS AFFECT GULF WATERS...

A POWERFUL SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF
STRONG WINDS OFFSHORE TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS EQUAL TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WITH A FEW GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE HAVE BEEN
REPORTED.

BELOW IS A LIST OF SOME PEAK WIND AND WAVE MEASUREMENTS FOR
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16 2008 FROM COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WEATHER
REPORTING STATIONS IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF:

SITE             LOCATION             PK SUST PK WIND PK WAVE
                                        WIND    GUST     HEIGHT
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SHIP 2 E GC 608 150 SE AMELIA LA        -     84 MPH
GREEN CANYON 608 148 SSE AMELIA LA     69 MPH 82 MPH   26 FEET
BUOY 42362       131 SSE AMELIA LA       -     72 MPH
FGBL1            111 SSE SEA RIM TX    56 MPH 61 MPH
BUOY 42046       124 S SEA RIM TX      38 MPH 54 MPH
BUOY 42019       146 SSW AMELIA LA     40 MPH 49 MPH   16 FEET
MARSH ISLAND 268 63 S NEW IBERIA LA    44 MPH 48 MPH    9 FEET
MRSL1            42 SW NEW IBERIA LA   32 MPH 38 MPH
BUOY 42035       39 SSW SEA RIM TX     31 MPH 36 MPH    8 FEET
SEA RIM ST PARK 10 WSW SABINE PASS TX 21 MPH 29 MPH
CALCASIEU PASS   2 S CAMERON LA        22 MPH 28 MPH
SABINE PASS      SABINE PASS TX        21 MPH 28 MPH

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