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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2012, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Jefferson County, TX
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The local office's own words before this special weather 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 28, 6:32 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:32 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 524 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-291030- 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 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-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- 524 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE ARTHUR. THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...THOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE GREATEST HAZARD. DUE TO THE HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES...WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. AWAY FROM SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES THE REST OF THIS WEEK...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
531 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012
LAZ041-073-TXZ215-216-262-282330-
JEFFERSON TX-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
WEST CAMERON LA-
531 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON...JEFFERSON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON
PARISHES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON BAYOU...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PORT ARTHUR...GROVES AND PORT NECHES BY 550 PM...
SABINE PASS BY 600 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
LAT...LON 2966 9410 2980 9410 3025 9376 3022 9357
3009 9373 3000 9372 2985 9354 2987 9345
2983 9341 2977 9346 2974 9374 2969 9383
2979 9390 2984 9380 2994 9376 2999 9377
2999 9383 2983 9395 2967 9385 2968 9398
K. KUYPERLocal storm report, Jul 28, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Jul 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Jul 28, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Jul 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 59 min |
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