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Coastal Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 17, 2007

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this coastal flood warning at Oct 17, 2007, 1:42 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 18, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2007, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this coastal flood warning went out at Oct 17, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 5:54 AM CDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
554 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-181100-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
554 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY
TONIGHT. THE RISK AREA IS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM VILLAGE
MILLS TEXAS TO OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA. LARGE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE RISK
AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 17, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 8:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	49 hr
Oct 17, 8:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	35 hr
Oct 17, 12:32 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	5 hr
Oct 17, 1:42 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Saint Martin	17 hr
Oct 17, 10:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	23 min
Oct 17, 10:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	36 min

Nearby

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Sources

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