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Small Craft Advisory 42, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 30, 2009

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Oct 30, 2009, 7:22 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2009, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Oct 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 6:47 AM CDT, 12 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
647 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-311200-
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-
647 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST TEXAS...AND
LOCATIONS IN LOUISIANA GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE CHARLES. THROUGH TONIGHT...MEAN AREAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH 1
TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO
4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. WITH NEARLY SATURATED
SOILS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...RAPID SURFACE RUNOFF IS EXPECTED.

RAINFALL WILL EXIT THE AREA TO THE EAST LATER TONIGHT.

OVER THE GULF WATERS AND COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS...15 TO 25 KNOT
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING
FRONT...WITH EQUALLY STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING. FOR THESE WINDS
AND THE RESULTING ROUGH SEAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR
TONIGHT...THOUGH EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 2:22 PM CDT, 5 hours before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 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 30, 7:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	26 hr
Oct 30, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	6 hr
Oct 30, 11:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	10 days
Oct 31, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	38 hr
Oct 31, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	4 days
Oct 31, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	4 days

Nearby

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Sources

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