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BULLETIN
Potential Tropical Cyclone Two Intermediate Advisory Number 4A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022019
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 11 2019
...DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO BECOME A DEPRESSION LATER TODAY...
...STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAINS, AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF COAST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS...
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.6N 88.5W
ABOUT 115 MI...185 KM SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

BATON ROUGE – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for all of Louisiana in preparation for the impact of the low-pressure system, Invest 92L, in the Gulf of Mexico. The system will likely produce storm surge, hurricane-force winds and up to 15 inches of rain across the state.

Sand bags will be available throughout Vermilion Parish in preparation for the storm.
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has sand and bags that will available at 2 p.m. at the following locations.
• Public Works Barn located at 2211 Leonie St. in Abbeville
• Area 1 Barn, 13115 Mack Switch Road in Erath
• Area 2 Barn, 12002 Calvin Lebeouf Road in Abbeville
• Area 3 Barn, 29429 Veterans Memorial Dr. in Gueydan
• Area 4 Barn, 13531 Gladu Rd. in Kaplan
You must bring your own shovel.
The City of Abbeville has sandbags available.