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Small Craft Advisory 57, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this small craft advisory at Dec 24, 2012, 3:46 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2012, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 3:49 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030 WHUS74 KLIX 242146 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 346 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY... .A FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS BECOME STATIONARY OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. GMZ575-577-250600- /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0056.121224T2146Z-121225T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ 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- 346 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WAVES/SEAS...SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET THIS EVENING WILL EASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET OVERNIGHT BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN ON TUESDAY. SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-250600- /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 346 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS ON TUESDAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
079 WHUS74 KLIX 250303 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 903 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY... .A FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS BECOME STATIONARY OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. GMZ575-577-251115- /O.EXP.KLIX.SC.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-121225T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ 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- 903 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WAVES/SEAS...SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 9 FEET ON TUESDAY. SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ GMZ532-534-251115- /O.NEW.KLIX.MF.Y.0029.121225T0303Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ MISSISSIPPI SOUND-LAKE BORGNE- 903 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF FOG WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH 6 AM. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS ON TUESDAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-251115- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-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- 903 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS ON TUESDAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. 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. && $$ 22/TD
034 WHUS74 KLIX 250333 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 933 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND... ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY... .A FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS BECOME STATIONARY OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD THE AREA ON TUESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. IN ADDITION...A ROUND OR TWO OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SQUALLS. GMZ530-251145- /O.EXA.KLIX.MF.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- 933 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF FOG WILL LOWER THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ GMZ532-534-251145- /O.CON.KLIX.MF.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ MISSISSIPPI SOUND-LAKE BORGNE- 933 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF FOG WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH 6 AM. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-251145- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T1800Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 933 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TUESDAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS ON TUESDAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 22/TD
758 WHUS74 KLIX 251027 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 427 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND... ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL WATERS ON TODAY... .A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IS BEGINNING TO MOVE NORTHWARD. A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER COASTAL TEXAS AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS LOUISIANA TODAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. IN ADDITION...A ROUND OR TWO OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SQUALLS. GMZ550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-251830- /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.GL.W.0004.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0058.121226T1200Z-121226T2100Z/ 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- 427 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TODAY. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TODAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS ON TODAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. 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. 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. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-251830- /O.CON.KLIX.MF.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121225T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T2100Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE- 427 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF FOG WILL LOWER THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TODAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TODAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ536-538-251830- /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.121225T1500Z-121226T2100Z/ CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- 427 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TODAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TODAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS ON TODAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. 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. && $$
232 WHUS74 KLIX 251525 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 925 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL WATERS ON TODAY... .A WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS. A SURFACE LOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER COASTAL TEXAS AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS LOUISIANA TODAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. IN ADDITION...A ROUND OR TWO OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SQUALLS. GMZ550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-252330- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.GL.W.0004.121226T0000Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0058.121226T1200Z-121226T2100Z/ 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- 925 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TODAY. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TODAY. * WAVES/SEAS...SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS TODAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. 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. 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. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-536-538-252330- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-121226T2100Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- 925 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS TODAY. A FEW GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TODAY. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$
608 WHUS74 KLIX 252149 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 349 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNINGS OVERNIGHT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE GALE CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL WATERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. GMZ550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-260600- /O.CAN.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-121226T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KLIX.GL.W.0004.121225T2149Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0058.121226T1200Z-121226T2100Z/ 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- 349 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. * WAVES/SEAS...SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE OPEN WATERS TO 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SEAS AS HIGH AS 8 TO 11 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. 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 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. && $$ GMZ530-532-534-536-538-260600- /O.UPG.KLIX.SC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-121226T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KLIX.GL.W.0004.121225T2149Z-121226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KLIX.SC.Y.0058.121226T1200Z-121226T2100Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- 349 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE DURING THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. * WAVES/SEAS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKES AND SOUNDS TONIGHT. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 24, 3:11 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 3:11 PM CST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
311 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012
...SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...
.SYNOPSIS...
CURRENT COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
10/12 CORRIDOR...AND HAS NOT MADE MUCH SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OVER THE
LAST FEW HOURS. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...DEW POINTS ARE IN THE LOW TO
MID 60S. NORTH OF THE FRONT..DEW POINTS ARE IN THE 50S...WITH EVEN
A FEW 40S JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. MOST PRECIPITATION IS WELL
OFFSHORE AT THIS TIME. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AN
ISSUE FOR THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ALONG THE LEVEES OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...FOR THE BONFIRES THAT MANY MUNICIPALITIES ARE
HOLDING.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
PARAMETERS ARE STILL IN PLACE FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY. AS UPPER IMPULSE KICKS OUT OF THE ROCKIES
LATE TONIGHT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RETURN NORTH AS A WARM
FRONT. A FEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH ONE OR TWO STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. WARM
FRONT SHOULD BE WELL NORTH OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY...PLACING THE
ENTIRE AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR. CAPES 1500-2000...LIFTED INDICES
AROUND -6...0-3K HELICITIES IN EXCESS OF 300...BULK SHEAR OF 60-70
KNOTS. I COULD GO ON AND ON...BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF
THE BETTER SEVERE WEATHER SETUPS WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME IN
THIS AREA. SPC MODERATE RISK DEFINITELY JUSTIFIED ACROSS NORTHERN
HALF OF AREA...WITH SLIGHT RISK ELSEWHERE. PREVIOUS FORECAST POPS
AND WEATHER GRIDS APPEAR TO BE PRETTY WELL PLACED AND DO NOT SEE
ANY REASON TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES THERE. BASIC SCENARIO WILL BE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL LINE IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER VORT MAX WITH
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE CARRYING THE POTENTIAL
FOR LONG TRACK TORNADOES. MAIN THREAT WINDOW WILL BE
25/21Z-26/03Z...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS 3
AM...AND ANY TIME DURING THE DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
WIND WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW...WITH WINDS
20-25 MPH COMMON ON TUESDAY...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. A WIND
ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WITH SUBFREEZING MORNING
LOW TEMPERATURES LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING
AS THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST. THE CHILL FROM THIS AIRMASS WILL
BE SIMILAR TO THE ONE EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO...SO NO
FREEZE WARNINGS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 35
&&
.LONG TERM...
NEXT SYSTEM IS ON TAP FOR SATURDAY WITH THIS SURFACE LOW TRACKING
FURTHER SOUTH...ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTLINE.
THIS WILL REDUCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA...BUT
SHOULD PROVIDE A PRETTY GOOD DOUSING OF RAIN. SOME DIFFERENCES IN
TIMING IN THE MEDIUM RANGE...SO WILL NOT GO MUCH ABOVE THE 50-60
POPS WE HAVE IN PLACE CENTERED AROUND FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT AT SOME
POINT THE MAIN THREAT PERIOD WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER RAIN
CHANCES IN PLACE. 35
&&
.AVIATION...
CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE DETERIORATING THROUGH THE PERIOD. A
STALLED FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT
TONIGHT...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE AREA.
EXPECT MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS TO ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS. SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY UNTIL A
COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING/TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS
ALSO A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER
AT ANY SPECIFIC LOCATION ARE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS. 95/DM
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS ARE EASING ACROSS MARINE AREAS. BUOY 42040 THE OUTLIER WITH
23G27KT. WILL HOLD ONTO SCA THERE FOR ONE MORE FORECAST PACKAGE.
AS LOW APPROACHES ON TUESDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH
SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS BY LATE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN WATERS
SPREADING EASTWARD IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER. TO AVOID
CONFUSION...WILL JUST HOIST ADVISORY IN FULL AT 15Z TOMORROW...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THIS AGAIN WILL BE A BORDERLINE
GALE EVENT...AND LATER SHIFTS MAY CHOOSE TO ISSUE GALE WARNING IF
GUIDANCE COMES IN A LITTLE STRONGER THAN CURRENT GUIDANCE. WINDS
GRADUALLY EASE ON WEDNESDAY...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS UNTIL THE
NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES ON FRIDAY. 35
&&
.DECISION SUPPORT...
DSS CODE...YELLOW.
DEPLOYED...NONE.
ACTIVATION...NONE.
ACTIVITIES...SLURRY SUPPORT.
ASSESSING SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WX THREAT FOR TUESDAY.
DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS) CODE LEGEND
GREEN = NO WEATHER IMPACTS THAT REQUIRE ACTION
BLUE = LONG FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY IN EFFECT OR HIGH
VISIBILITY EVENT
YELLOW = HEIGHTENED IMPACTS WITH SHORT FUSED
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY ISSUANCES; RADAR SUPPORT
ORANGE = HIGH IMPACTS - SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK SEVERE; NEARBY
TROPICAL EVENTS; HAZMAT OR OTHER LARGE EPISODES
RED = FULL ENGAGEMENT FOR MODERATE TO HIGH RISK SVR
AND/OR DIRECT TROPICAL THREATS; EVENTS OF NATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 54 72 36 49 / 70 100 100 10
BTR 60 75 38 52 / 70 100 100 10
ASD 58 74 42 54 / 70 100 100 10
MSY 59 76 43 50 / 50 100 100 10
GPT 57 74 44 54 / 70 100 100 10
PQL 56 73 45 56 / 60 100 100 10
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO
THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY 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...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY 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...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO
THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 11:39 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1139 AM CST MON DEC 24 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>082-250545- 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- 1139 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION AND STALLS NEAR THE COAST. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STALLED FRONT WILL QUICKLY SURGE BACK TO THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT AS IT MOVES INLAND. A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE GULF COASTAL WATERS THROUGH NOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND LAKE BORGNE DUE TO WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 2 TO 3 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE AREA ON TUESDAY...CHRISTMAS DAY...AS A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS CURRENTLY INDICATING A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BATON ROUGE TO POPLARVILLE WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO AT LEAST SOME THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER...DEFINED AS STRONG TORNADOES OR WINDS GREATER THAN 75 MPH. THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WOULD PRIMARILY BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND WOULD MAINLY BE LIMITED TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 12 CORRIDOR. SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE UNTIL A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY EVENING OR EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY...CHRISTMAS DAY. 95/DM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 11:41 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1141 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012 LAZ034>037-039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-241945- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON... LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS... BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY... AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE... WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN... PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 1141 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY CHRISTMAS DAY... CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THAT A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...CHRISTMAS DAY...BRINGING WITH IT A THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND STALL NEAR THE COAST LATER TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...AND WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS THE STALLED FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD AGAIN AS A WARM FRONT. AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE FARTHER INLAND AND A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE WEST. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP BEHIND THE WARM FRONT AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS CURRENTLY INDICATING A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM BATON ROUGE TO POPLARVILLE....AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT IS LESS LIKELY. THERE IS ALSO AT LEAST SOME RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION...DEFINED AS STRONG TORNADOES OR WINDS GREATER THAN 75 MILES PER HOUR. THIS THREAT WOULD BE PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY AND MAINLY LIMITED TO AREAS THAT ARE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 12 CORRIDOR. SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY EVENING. PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PLAN AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. 95/DM
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 31 min | |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 24, 4:44 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 31 min | |
| Dec 24, 3:46 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 5 hr |
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Small Craft Advisories in Louisiana, 2012Every small craft advisory in 2012
Sources
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