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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Apr 11, 2013, 4:50 AM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2013, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 10, 6:52 PM CDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 6:52 PM CDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 7:09 AM CDT, 21 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 709 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 111215- 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- 709 AM CDT WED APR 10 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH TYLER COUNTY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THEN CROSS THE SABINE RIVER DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HRS...AND CONTINUE PUSHING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH LOUISIANA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...THOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. PRIOR TO THE FRONTS ARRIVAL...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VILLAGE MILLS TEXAS...TO BUNKIE LOUISIANA. ALONG THE COAST...THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAS RESULTED IN A MINOR TIDAL PILE UP...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO POSE AT LEAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BY MIDDAY...WITH RAINS COMING TO AN END FOR THIS AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEYOND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-111215- 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- 709 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS GULF WATERS THIS EVENING...REACHING NEAR VERMILION BAY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PRIOR TO THE FRONTS ARRIVAL...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS AND GULF WATERS. ADDITIONAL HAZARD PRODUCTS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. ALONG THE COAST...THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAS RESULTED IN A MINOR TIDAL PILE UP...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS EAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO POSE AT LEAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BY MIDDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 5:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 114 min | |
| Apr 11, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 82 min |
| Apr 11, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 9 days |
| Apr 11, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Apr 10, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 22 min |
| Apr 10, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.