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Gale Watch 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 17, 2013

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale watch at Apr 17, 2013, 3:55 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2013, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2013, 3:55 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, 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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Apr 17, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:55 AM CDT, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
455 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
181200-
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-
455 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AS IT MOVES
THROUGH. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS ACROSS THE
AREA...MAINLY FOR THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS. COLDER AND DRIER AIR
WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...MAKING FOR A RATHER COOL START
SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY INTO
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-181200-
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-
455 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING...ALTHOUGH
STRONGER SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY KEEP THE FOG FROM BECOMING
WIDESPREAD. OTHERWISE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...DIMINISHING BY FRIDAY EVENING AND
SATURDAY AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 3:36 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin17 hr
Apr 17, 3:37 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH54 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.