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Small Craft Advisory 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 23, 2013

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 23, 2013, 3:26 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2013, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Mar 23, 2:47 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:47 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 5:40 AM CDT, 9 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
540 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
241100-
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-
540 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 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
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AS A WEAK
SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTERACTS WITH A VERY WARM AND MOIST
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE
CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP...
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAXIMUM HEATING...PRIMARILY ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MUCH DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE COMING WEEK. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED FOR MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE BY
MID-WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST OF THE AREA AND SOUTHERLY
WINDS RETURN. SMALL RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE IN
THE WEEK THANKS TO INCREASING MOISTURE OFF THE GULF.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
DESPITE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-241100-
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-
540 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL SHIFT TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION
TONIGHT AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY CROSSES THE COASTAL WATERS.
WINDS WILL THEN TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT
WEST OF CAMERON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST
GULF. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY FOR THESE
WATERS PRIOR TO SUNRISE SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS
SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO
LINGER INTO MONDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
TO THE EAST THEN SOUTHEAST BY MID-WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
PAST THE WESTERN GULF.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 8:32 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH4 hr
Mar 23, 1:19 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Mar 23, 3:32 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHCameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin13 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.