CAMERON-IBERIA-LOWER ST MARTIN-ST MARY-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CAMERON...MORGAN CITY... NEW IBERIA 400 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2002 ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 90 TO 115 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 140 MPH NEAR THE EYE. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT..TORRENTIAL RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. VARIABLE WIND 90 TO 115 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 140 MPH NEAR THE EYE EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 TO 50 MPH LATE. CHANCE OF RAIN 100 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF MORNING RAIN. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY AFTERNOON. HIGHS NEAR 90. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 70. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 65 TO 70. HIGHS 80 TO 85. .MONDAY...DECREASING CLOUDINESS. LOWS IN THE LOW 60S. HIGHS 75 TO 80. .TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 55 TO 60. HIGHS NEAR 80.
It said landfall would be at the Cameron, Vermillion Bay area, and there would be an 18 to 22 foot storm surge to the north and east of the eye.
That is very serious and I pray these people have boarded up and left for a safer area.