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Small Craft Advisory 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 12, 2014

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Nov 12, 2014, 7:15 AM CST. It took effect at Nov 12, 2014, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2014, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 14, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
In force
42 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 Nov 12, 6:09 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 6:09 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 12, 5:33 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
533 AM CST WED NOV 12 2014

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
131145-
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-
533 AM CST WED NOV 12 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

COLD AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN
MAINLY SOUTH OF A SILSBEE TO MARKSVILLE LINE.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING FOR MOST LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
10...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS
OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF AND MOVES NORTHEAST
INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT SOME
SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHILE SOME
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NEAR THE SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST.

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

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-131145-
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-
533 AM CST WED NOV 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL KEEP COLD AIR MOVING ACROSS THE
RELATIVELY WARM GULF WATERS. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXERCISE CAUTION
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH AN UPGRADE TO SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH NORTHERLY WINDS DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY.

A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OVER THE
WEEKEND WITH WINDS BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND STRENGTHENING IN
ADVANCE OF IT ON SATURDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. AGAIN SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 9:26 AM CSTFreeze WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more19 hr

Nearby

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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.