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Gale Watch 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 20, 2012

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this gale watch at Apr 20, 2012, 11:55 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 21, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2012, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 21, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2012, 9:31 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 4:47 AM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 3:39 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		39 hr
Apr 20, 3:57 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LIX	Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist	36 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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