Gale Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

340 
WHUS74 KLCH 310859
MWWLCH

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
359 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS WEST OF CAMERON
UNTIL 7 AM...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS TODAY...

.MODERATE AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...RESULTING IN FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS WEST OF CAMERON THROUGH EARLY
MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY
AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES ACROSS THE REGION.

GMZ470-311700-
/O.CON.KLCH.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151031T1200Z/
/O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0057.151031T1200Z-151101T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
359 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...AROUND 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 KNOTS AT TIMES
  THIS MORNING.

* WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 8 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

GMZ450-452-455-472-475-311700-
/O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-151101T0000Z/
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  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
359 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS AT TIMES.

* WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 8 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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109 
WHUS74 KLCH 311205
MWWLCH

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
705 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS TODAY...

.MODERATE AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES ACROSS
THE REGION.

GMZ470-312100-
/O.EXP.KLCH.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151031T1200Z/
/O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-151101T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
705 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

* WINDS...AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

* WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 8 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

GMZ450-452-455-472-475-312100-
/O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-151101T0000Z/
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  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
705 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...20 TO 25 KNOTS.

* WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 8 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
659 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

.AVIATION...HIGH RES RAPID REFRESH MODEL SHOWS MCS OFF THE COAST
WEAKENING AND HEADING INTO SE LA. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING A BAND
OF RAIN NORTH INTO THE COAST AND INLAND TO THE WESTERN TERMINALS
BPT, LCH WITH GUSTY SE WINDS, AND AEX WITH LESS WINDS. THOSE TERMINALS
SHOULD SEE MVFR CIGS AND RAIN BECOMING MODERATE LATE TNITE.

EASTERN TERMINALS LFT AND ARA SHOULD SEE MVFR LATE TNITE. AS THE
WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVES IN ON SATURDAY, EXPECTING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND IFR CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

SWEENEY

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015/

DISCUSSION...
WX MAP SHOWS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS TX. THE
INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT ALLOWED FOR SE WINDS TO INCREASE TO
AROUND 20 KTS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...10-15 MPH INLAND. RADAR
SHOWS MAINLY -RA ACROSS SE TX & WESTERN COASTAL WATERS...MAINLY
BLOWOFF FROM THE APPROACHING MCS OFF THE TX COAST E OF CRP.

THIS MCS...OR REMNANTS IGNITING NEW TSRA DEVELOPMENT...IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE NE TOWARDS THE UPPER TX COAST/SE TX LATE THIS EVENING. THE
UPPER TROF CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY SHARPLY AS IT MOVES EAST OVER THE
WEEKEND. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE & UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...SHRA/TSRA
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BETWEEN MID-6
AM ACROSS UPPER TX COAST/SE TX/SW LA REGION. JUST ABOUT 100%
COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA IS EXPECTED OVER THE DAY SAT. A SLIGHT RISK
OF SVR STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AS OUTLINE IN THE
SWODY2 OUTLOOK FROM SPC. OTHER HAZARDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS...AS OUTLINE BELOW.

A GRADUAL NW TO SE ENDING OF THE SHRA/TSRA IS EXPECTED BY SAT
NIGHT INTO SUN MORNING...ALTHOUGH COULD BE LINGERING OVER LOWER
ACADIANA WITH HIGHER QPF TOTALS POSSIBLE THERE DURING THIS
PERIOD. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE FINE TUNED DURING THE EVENT UNFOLDS.
BY SUN NIGHT & MON...THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRECIP FREE.

A QUICK TAKE ON THE EXTENDED CONTINUES THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
TRAIN...WITH A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA WED...AND AGAIN LATE FRI INTO
NEXT SAT.

DML

HYDROLOGY...
NO CHANGES TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIMING AND COVERAGE...WITH FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. QPF VALUES ACROSS SE TX 3-4" WITH ISO HIGHER AMOUNTS OF
5-6". FOR C AND S LA...2-3" WITH ISO HIGHER AMOUNTS 4-5"
EXPECTED. TEMPS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THRU THE PERIOD.

DML

COASTAL FLOODING...
NO CHANGES IN CURRENT THINKING OF MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING...WITH COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM CST SUNDAY. THE INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND BUILDING
SEAS TODAY INTO SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE TIDAL WATERS TO PILE UP
ALONG THE COAST. WATER LEVELS SHOULD RUN ABOUT 0.5 - 1.0 FT ABOVE
PREDICTED VALUES...FOR TOTAL TIDAL VALUES 3.0 - 3.5 FT RANGE AT
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THESE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST
TOWARD LOUISIANA.

DML

MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS TEXAS ALLOWING
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT
IN INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. NO CHANGES TO HAZARDS...CONTINUING SCEC ACROSS 0-60NM
ZONES THIS AFTERNOON & INLAND LAKES/BAYS STARTING AT 7 PM. SCA
WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM FOR 0-60 NM ZONES THRU 7 PM SAT FOR WINDS 20-25
KTS AND SEAS RANGING FROM 2-3 FT NEARSHORE...INCREASING RAPIDLY TO
5-8 FT OFFSHORE. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS THE LOW
APPROACHES THE REGION. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST SATURDAY
NIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY.

DML

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  68  75  65  75 /  80 100  50  30
LCH  72  78  68  77 /  90 100  50  20
LFT  71  79  69  78 /  30 100  80  50
BPT  72  78  67  77 /  90 100  40  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
     FOR LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR LAZ052>054-073-
     074.

TX...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TXZ215.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
     EVENING FOR TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR GMZ450-452-455-
     470-472-475.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GMZ430-
     432-435.

&&

AVIATION...11

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
311100-
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-
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO
EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. BY THIS EVENING..SOME
STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS COULD BECOME STRONG...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL
FALLING ON NEARLY SATURATED GROUND...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT.

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY
NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AS SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ALLOW WATER LEVELS
TO INCREASE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AREA SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR ISOLATED
TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE AREA.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY...SHIFTING EAST TOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH DRIER
WEATHER EXPECTED EARLY IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-311100-
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-
600 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ACROSS
WESTERN TEXAS. EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO
EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD
DEVELOP THIS EVENING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS
LOWER PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OR ISOLATED
WATERSPOUTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.

RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH EARLY IN THE DAY SUNDAY WITH DRIER
WEATHER EXPECTED EARLY IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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