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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 27, 20159 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this heat advisory at Jul 27, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Jul 27, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 27, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 27, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 26, 11:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 11:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:14 AM CDT, 22 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
271130-
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-
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH DAYTIME HEATING. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. AWAY FROM THE CONVECTION...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 103 DEGREES TO
107 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
WITH UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RE-ESTABLISHING ITSELF. AFTERNOON
HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE AROUND 105 DEGREES. THE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN BY THURSDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-271130-
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-
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...ALONG
WITH HIGHER WINDS GUSTS AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard23 min
Jul 26, 8:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler7 days
Jul 27, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson27 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.