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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 21, 2012Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 21, 2012, 5:06 AM CST for Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2012, 5:06 AM CST (11:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at Feb 21, 4:27 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 4:27 AM CST, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 4:52 AM CST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
452 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012

GMZ435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-
259>262-221100-
VERMILION BAY-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-
EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
452 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012

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 FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE CLOSER TO THE COAST.

FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PUSH
ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLINED THE
ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR THIS PERIOD. THREATS WILL INCLUDE
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD
COME TO AN END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

GMZ430-432-450-452-455-470-472-475-221100-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-
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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
452 AM CST TUE FEB 21 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
FROM 20-60 NM.

FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS
THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO
SEVERE. THREATS WILL INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOS. ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 9:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu4 days

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Texas, 2012Every dense fog advisory in 2012

Sources

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