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Small Craft Advisory 32, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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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</html>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. 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 25 min |
| May 1, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 30 min |
| May 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 26 min |
| May 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 2 hr |
| May 2, 10:37 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 26 hr | |
| May 2, 10:37 AM CDT | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 20 hr | |
| May 2, 10:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 14 hr | |
| May 2, 10:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 41 hr | |
| May 2, 11:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 17 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.