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Small Craft Advisory 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 19, 2013

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 19, 2013, 10:22 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2013, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 15 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 15 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 11:44 AM CDT, 22 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1144 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
191645-
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-
1144 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT. THE STRONGER SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA COAST DURING HIGH
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH TORNADOES...LARGE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT...BRINGING MUCH COOLER
AND DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. THE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING LOWER
TIDES FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OVERNIGHT...WITH THE LOWEST TIDES EXPECTED
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK DURING LOW ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. MODERATING
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT FRONTAL
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BY LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-191645-
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-
1144 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH.
BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING GALE FORCE WILL
DEVELOP THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH BY FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY AS
THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. THE NEXT FRONTAL
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BY LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:23 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH23 hr
Apr 18, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides32 min
Apr 18, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles25 min
Apr 18, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles13 min

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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.