Alert archive / Louisiana / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this gale warning at Dec 19, 2012, 3:08 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
344 WHUS74 KLIX 192108 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 308 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ON COASTAL WATERS... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ON TIDAL LAKES... ...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ON COASTAL WATERS... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LATE FRIDAY MORNING ON COASTAL WATERS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL WATERS ON THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING ON COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE SUSTAINED...WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE LIKELY BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GMZ550-552-570-572-200515- /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.121220T0300Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KLIX.GL.A.0002.121220T2100Z-121221T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.GL.W.0003.121220T1800Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 308 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS EASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 5 FEET TONIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET THURSDAY MORNING... 6 TO 9 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...7 TO 10 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT AND SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ536-538-555-557-575-577-200515- /O.EXB.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.121220T0300Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KLIX.GL.A.0002.121220T2100Z-121221T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.GL.W.0003.121220T1800Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 308 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS EASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 5 TO 7 FEET THURSDAY MORNING... 6 TO 9 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...7 TO 10 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT AND SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-200515- /O.EXB.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.121220T1200Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 308 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
084 WHUS74 KLIX 200356 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 956 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...ANTICIPATED STRONG WINDS PROMPT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND GALE WARNINGS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL WATERS ON THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING ON COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE SUSTAINED...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE LIKELY BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-201200- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0003.121220T1800Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 956 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS EASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 5 FEET TONIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET THURSDAY MORNING... 6 TO 9 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...7 TO 10 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT AND SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-201200- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.121220T1200Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 956 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 24/RR
864 WHUS74 KLIX 201016 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 416 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS PROMPT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND GALE WARNINGS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL WATERS TODAY. HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT TODAY ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR SUSTAINED GALE FORCE...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-201830- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0003.121220T1800Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 416 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS EASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING... 6 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...7 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT AND SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-201830- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.121220T1200Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 416 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 4 TO 5 FEET THIS MORNING AND REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
434 WHUS74 KLIX 201517 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 917 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS PROMPT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND GALE WARNINGS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL WATERS TODAY. HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT TODAY ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR SUSTAINED GALE FORCE...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-202330- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0003.121220T1800Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 917 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING... THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS EASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING...6 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...7 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT AND SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-202330- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 917 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE TO NEAR 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND NORTH AND RISE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO 4 TO 5 FEET THIS MORNING AND REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 95/DM
680 WHUS74 KLIX 202101 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 301 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL WATERS TODAY. HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO NEAR SUSTAINED GALE FORCE...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET IN THE OUTER WATERS TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-210515- /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 301 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL EASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE STILL POSSIBLE. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND PEAK TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AT 7 TO 10 FEET. SEAS SHOULD BEGIN SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-210515- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 301 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: WINDS OVER THE LAKES AND SOUNDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING GALE FORCE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING AND THEN TO AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS WILL PEAK AT 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT AND REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 3 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 98/SO
424 WHUS74 KLIX 210334 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 934 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS... .HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SETTLING TO LOWER LEVELS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-211145- /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 934 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL EASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS 7 TO 10 FEET. SEAS SHOULD BEGIN SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-211145- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 934 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUST 40 KNOTS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING AND THEN TO AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT AND REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE LAKE. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 3 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 24/RR
469 WHUS74 KLIX 210932 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 332 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING... .HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-211745- /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.121221T1500Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL EASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS 7 TO 9 FEET. SEAS WILL SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-211500- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 332 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY LATE MORNING...AND THEN TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS 3 TO 4 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
156 WHUS74 KLIX 211511 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 911 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING... .HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON. GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-211800- /O.EXP.KLIX.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-121221T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 911 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON. * SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS 5 TO 7 FEET THROUGH NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-211615- /O.EXP.KLIX.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 911 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 19, 12:46 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 12:46 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1246 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012
AVIATION...
...18Z TAF ISSUANCE...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TAF AIRPORTS THE REMAINDER OF
TODAY...THEN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING
LOWER CIGS TONIGHT. CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE TO MVFR THEN
IFR DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHRA AND ISOLATED TSRA ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY 08-12Z FROM KMCB- KBTR...AND
11-16Z ELSEWHERE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS 30
TO 40 KNOTS. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE COULD
INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AT MOST AIRPORTS AT 14Z...20 TO 27 KNOT
AT MSY AND NEW. 18
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM THURSDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.
GALE WATCH FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...COASTAL WATERS
FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO
THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.
MS...NONE.
GM...GALE WATCH FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...COASTAL WATERS
FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO
THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM THURSDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 12:58 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1258 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037- 039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-200700- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES- ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 1258 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS NORTH AND WEST A TYLER TOWN MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE LINE. THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS FROM STORMS. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAZARDOUS WINDS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WINDS AROUND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH SEAS RESPONDING ACCORDINGLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT. WHILE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS EXPECTED...ITS POSSIBLE THAT A GALE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:42 AM CST | Gale Watch | LIX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 19, 10:10 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 47 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:08 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 45 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 36 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.