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Small Craft Advisory 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 10, 2014

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 10, 2014, 9:28 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 11, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2014, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 12, 2014, 8:00 AM CST
In force
26 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 Feb 10, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 5:40 AM CST, 15 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
540 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
111400-
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-
540 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014

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

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH 9AM TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF JASPER TO MARKSVILLE...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH MID MORNING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE
CAUTION THIS MORNING IF TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH DENSE FOG
ESPECIALLY NEAR BUS STOPS.

LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A JASPER TO ALEXANDRIA AND
MARKSVILLE LINE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO JUST TOUCH 32 BY
EARLY MORNING OR SUNRISE TUESDAY WITH A BRIEF PERIOD FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL ACROSS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO
BECOME HAZARDOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

FREEZING RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING FROM THE
EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEFORE TEMPERATURES
RISE ABOVE FREEZING.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING FROM ALONG INTERSTATE 10 SOUTHWARD. AN OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING STRIKE WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK TO OR BELOW FREEZING
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WHILE RAIN OCCURS.
FREEZING RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10
FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WIND CHILLS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW
20S IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE EAST TEXAS PINEY WOODS TO THE LOW
30S IN LOWER ACADIANA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-111400-
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-
540 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE SEA FOG WILL LINGER ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING,
HOWEVER A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
IMPROVING THE VISIBILITIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AS THE COLD FRONT DEPARTS THE AREA NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY AS NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS REMAIN
AROUND 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 11:49 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides5 hr
Feb 11, 4:49 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLCHAllen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Saint Landry27 hr
Feb 11, 5:00 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron9 hr
Feb 11, 6:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHRapides8 days

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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.