Alert archive / Louisiana / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale warning at Nov 28, 2016, 9:32 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 28, 2016, 9:32 AM CST (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
The text
As transmitted.
153 WHUS74 KLCH 281532 MWWLCH URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 932 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...GALE WARNINGS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR MOST OF TODAY... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A VERY LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. GALE WARNING FOR THE 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILE MARINE ZONES THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR REMAINING MARINE ZONES. THIS STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES OF 1.5 TO 2.0 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS PERIOD. GMZ472-475-290600- /O.UPG.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.GL.W.0009.161128T1532Z-161129T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.SC.Y.0044.161129T0000Z-161129T0600Z/ 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- 932 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...8 TO 12 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ470-290300- /O.UPG.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.GL.W.0009.161128T1532Z-161128T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KLCH.SC.Y.0044.161128T2100Z-161129T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 932 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...8 TO 12 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ430-432-450-290000- /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0000Z/ SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- 932 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...LAKE WATERS VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ435-455-290600- /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0600Z/ VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- 932 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 7 FEET. BAY WATERS VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ452-290300- /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- 932 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 7 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
192 WHUS74 KLCH 282115 MWWLCH URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...GALE WARNINGS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A VERY LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. GALE WARNING FOR THE 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILE MARINE ZONES THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR REMAINING MARINE ZONES. THIS STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES OF 1.0 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS PERIOD. GMZ470-290300- /O.EXP.KLCH.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161128T2100Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-161129T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...8 TO 10 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ472-475-290515- /O.CON.KLCH.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-161129T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0044.161129T0000Z-161129T0600Z/ 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- 315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...8 TO 12 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ430-432-450-290000- /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0000Z/ SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- 315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...LAKE WATERS VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ435-455-290515- /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0600Z/ VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- 315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 7 FEET. BAY WATERS VERY ROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ452-290300- /O.CON.KLCH.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-161129T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- 315 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. * WAVES/SEAS...4 TO 7 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 8:35 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 12 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:32 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 14 hr | |
| Nov 28, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 20 min |
| Nov 28, 4:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 27 min |
| Nov 28, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 27 min |
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Sources
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