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Hurricane Local Statement 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 10, 20106 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this hurricane local statement at Aug 10, 2010, 10:16 PM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2010, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2010, 4:28 PM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hurricane local 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 hurricane local statement went out at Aug 10, 4:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 4:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:03 AM CDT, 18 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
403 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-111200-
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-
403 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

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

WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...HEAT
INDICES WILL RUN BETWEEN 103 AND 107 DEGREES.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF
40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
WILL HEAD TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY THURSDAY. THE MAIN IMPACT
FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

ERICKSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 7:12 PM CDT	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin	21 hr
Aug 10, 7:12 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	LCH		21 hr
Aug 10, 7:12 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	LCH		21 hr
Aug 11, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Aug 11, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Aug 11, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	64 min

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Hurricane Local Statements in Louisiana, 2010 Every hurricane local statement in 2010

Sources

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