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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 26, 2016Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this dense fog advisory at Jul 26, 2016, 5:36 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2016, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at Jul 25, 6:31 PM CDT, 11 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 6:31 PM CDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 12:12 PM CDT, 17 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1212 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2016

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-261715-
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-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-
1212 PM CDT MON JUL 25 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE TODAY ACROSS
THE AREA. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR SOUTH INTO THE GULF. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS. AT THIS
TIME...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD
DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK
AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND MOVES WEST OF
AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR WILL BE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ON
THOSE DAYS...HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE MORE WIDESPREAD
ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASED RISK FOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHEvangeline42 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Louisiana, 2016Every dense fog advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.