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Small Craft Advisory 32, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 2, 2013

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at May 2, 2013, 4:31 AM CDT. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2013, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 4, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
33 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 May 1, 11:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:34 AM CDT, 22 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
534 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
021045-
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-
534 AM CDT WED MAY 1 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
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER SLOWLY ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST AIR MASS TO
PROVIDE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
HIGHEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. DUE TO
THE EXPECTED HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND RELATIVELY SLOW STORM
MOVEMENT...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH
MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SOME STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON
THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED...BUT SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH ON FRIDAY...WITH BREEZY AND
MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 40S BY SATURDAY MORNING AND SOME
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES COULD BE TIED OR BROKEN.

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

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-021045-
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-
534 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON
THURSDAY EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
BEHIND THE FRONT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY
MORNING. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR
THE LAKES AND BAYS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ANTICIPATED FOR
THE NEAR SHORE AND OUTER WATERS DURING THAT TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia25 min
May 1, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette30 min
May 1, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu26 min
May 1, 9:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Lafayette2 hr
May 2, 10:37 AM CDTGale WarningLCH26 hr
May 2, 10:37 AM CDTLow Water AdvisoryLCH20 hr
May 2, 10:37 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH14 hr
May 2, 10:37 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH41 hr
May 2, 11:31 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more17 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.