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Gale Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 21, 2015

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale warning at Nov 21, 2015, 3:55 AM CST. It took effect at Nov 21, 2015, 2:45 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 21, 2015, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 21, 2015, 2:45 PM CST
Expired: Nov 22, 2015, 3:32 AM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Nov 20, 11:32 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 11:32 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 20, 4:57 AM CST, 22 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
457 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
211200-
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-
457 AM CST FRI NOV 20 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

A FEW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ON SATURDAY WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE. A
MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
A LIGHT FREEZE AND FROST...THE FIRST OF THE SEASON...WILL BE
POSSIBLE DOWN TO THE I-10 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-211200-
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-
457 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS
ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. ALSO...FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE MAY OCCUR OVER THE OUTER WATERS ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE LOW WATER CONDITIONS
ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

RUA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 21, 3:49 AM CST	Freeze Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more	24 hr
Nov 21, 10:06 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		84 min
Nov 21, 10:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	88 min
Nov 21, 2:45 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		33 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.