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Small Craft Advisory 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 23, 2014

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 23, 2014, 3:51 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 24, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2014, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 24, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
6 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 Jan 23, 12:39 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 12:39 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 5:26 AM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
241200-
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-
526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. OVER-
RUNNING MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
MOVING OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL YIELD AREAS OF RAIN ALONG AND
BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...THE LIGHT RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT
SNOW...AND CHANGE OVER TO PREDOMINATELY SLEET AND SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT...ENDING LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LIGHT SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
END LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER NEARLY AREAWIDE FREEZE IS EXPECTED
SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A SLOW WARMING TREND TOWARDS NORMAL
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FAIRLY STRONG COLD
FRONT MONDAY...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO FOLLOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-241200-
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-
526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG
ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COOL
HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 4:05 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more25 hr
Jan 23, 4:06 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH29 hr
Jan 23, 4:35 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin25 hr
Jan 23, 3:51 PM CSTGale WarningLCH14 hr
Jan 23, 3:57 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more18 hr
Jan 23, 4:22 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more13 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.