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Coastal Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 18, 2016

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this coastal flood warning at Apr 18, 2016, 10:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2016, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood 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 coastal flood warning went out at Apr 18, 5:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 5:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:14 AM CDT, 17 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
514 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016

GMZ435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-
259>262-191015-
VERMILION BAY-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 MON APR 18 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS RETURN TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
TO A LESSER DEGREE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCE BEGIN TO EJECT OUT OF THE UPPER LOW
INTO OUR AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TODAY...HELPING
MAINTAIN ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE COAST. A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIFT OUT TO THE NORTH LEAVING BEHIND
ABUNDANT MOISTURE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP THROUGH THURSDAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY
FORECAST...A FEW STRONG STORMS DURING THE PERIOD CANNOT BE RULED
OUT AS DISTURBANCES MOVE AROUND THE BASE OF THE LARGER LOW.

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

GMZ430-432-450-452-455-470-472-475-191015-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-
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 MON APR 18 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THIS MORNING AS SOUTHEAST WINDS
REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO RATCHET DOWN ACROSS THE INLAND LAKES AND BAYS THIS
AFTERNOON WHERE SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WILL BE IN
EFFECT. THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS WILL SEE WINDS DROPOFF
THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS WE ENTER INTO THE EVENING
PERIOD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE THURSDAY. A
WEAK COOL FRONT WILL ENTER THE GULF WATERS ON FRIDAY WITH
OFFSHORE WINDS LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTHERLY FLOW
RETURNS LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER
THE WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 18, 4:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 7:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 1 more82 min
Apr 18, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH111 min
Apr 18, 7:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron12 hr
Apr 18, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Apr 18, 8:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton12 hr
Apr 19, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHOrange6 hr
Apr 19, 1:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHOrange24 hr
Apr 19, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton3 hr
Apr 19, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin4 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2016Coastal Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016Every coastal flood warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.