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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 17, 2012Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jan 17, 2012, 5:04 PM CST for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2012, 5:04 PM CST (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Evangeline Parish, LA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 17, 4:18 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 4:18 PM CST, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:51 AM CST, 12 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
451 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

GMZ430-432-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-
259>262-181100-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-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-
451 AM CST TUE JAN 17 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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. RAIN SHOULD BE ENDING FROM THE
NORTHWEST BY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WARMING TREND WILL INITIATE BY THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES TOWARDS
THE END OF THE WEEK AS A WEAK PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ435-450-452-455-470-472-475-181100-
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 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-
451 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS FOR GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 17, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
155 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

TXZ180-259-260-172045-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
155 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...

AT 153 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 205 PM...
  ROGANVILLE BY 220 PM...
  JAMESTOWN BY 230 PM...
  NEWTON BY 235 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK
SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3094 9373 3070 9371 3069 9423 3078 9424

TINGLER

Local storm report, Jan 17, 3:09 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 17, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 17, 3:29 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 17, 3:44 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 17, 5:04 PM CST, 0 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
Jan 17, 5:32 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		27 hr
Jan 17, 9:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	7 min
Jan 17, 9:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	26 min
Jan 17, 9:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	13 min
Jan 17, 9:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	48 min
Jan 17, 10:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	42 min
Jan 17, 11:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	29 min
Jan 17, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	44 min
Jan 17, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	37 min
Jan 17, 3:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	37 min
Jan 17, 3:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	17 min
Jan 17, 1:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton	50 min

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