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Coastal Flood Statement 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 12, 2009

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this coastal flood statement at Dec 12, 2009, 5:17 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 12, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2009, 5:17 AM CST (11:17 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 12, 2009, 2:44 PM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 statement went out at Dec 12, 4:46 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 4:46 AM CST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 4:01 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
401 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-131015-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
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-
401 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009

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
A COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND
AN APPROACHING SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...WILL
RESULT IN STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT THIS MORNING. WINDS
AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP TO ENHANCE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHES THE COAST. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE EASTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

THE STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME WATER PILING ALONG THE
COAST CAUSING TIDES TO BE ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL
PREDICTED VALUES. THE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ALONG WITH WAVE
ACTION...MAY CAUSE SOME VERY MINOR NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY. SHOWERS
WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT...COLD
CONDITIONS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

06

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 9:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	22 days
Dec 12, 9:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	48 hr
Dec 12, 2:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.