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Small Craft Advisory 64, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 21, 2015

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Nov 21, 2015, 2:45 PM CST. It took effect at Nov 22, 2015, 3:32 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 21, 2015, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 22, 2015, 3:32 AM CST
Expired: Nov 23, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 20 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 21, 10:33 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 10:33 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 5:32 AM CST, 9 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
532 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
221145-
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-
532 AM CST SAT NOV 21 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR
SEVERE...WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES THE
MAIN THREAT.

BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING A
MUCH COLDER AIRMASS INTO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR COASTAL SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A WASHINGTON TO BEAUMONT LINE FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE MIDDAY SUNDAY AS WINDS DIMINISH.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10.

A WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD
WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE AREA BY
LATE IN THE WEEK.

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

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-221145-
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-
532 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE...WITH OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES THE MAIN THREAT.

BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL
LAKES AND BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT AS FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 KT ARE
EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PUSH WATER OUT OF
THE COASTAL WATERWAYS...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOW WATER CONDITIONS
NEAR TIMES OF LOW TIDE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A GALE WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT ON SUNDAY...WITH WINDS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. LOW WATER
CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT NEAR
TIMES OF LOW TIDE.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 21, 10:17 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 21, 2:09 PM CST, 36 minutes before

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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, 3:55 AM CST	Gale Warning	LCH		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

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Sources

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