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Gale Watch 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 17 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 54 hr |
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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.