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Gale Watch 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale watch at Dec 7, 2016, 4:20 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2016, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2016, 3:05 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Dec 7, 4:20 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 4:20 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 5:48 AM CST, 22 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 548 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 071200- 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- 548 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME PATCHY FOG REMAINS POSSIBLE FOR EARLY THIS MORNING, MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE TEXAS ZONES, AS SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS RELAX. BEYOND THAT, QUIET WEATHER IS ON TAP THROUGH TONIGHT... AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY, ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL FILTER OVER THE AREA IN ITS WAKE, WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. WIND CHILLS IN THE LOWER 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 190. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE CANADIAN HIGH MOVES EAST OF THE REGION...AND RAIN CHANCES RETURN FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-071200- 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- 548 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DIMINISHING WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY GALE FORCE CONDITIONS LOOK POSSIBLE ON THE COASTAL WATERS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY...WITH NORTHERLY WINDS FINALLY DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 8:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 57 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:05 PM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 39 hr | |
| Dec 7, 5:10 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 52 hr | |
| Dec 7, 5:10 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 25 hr |
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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.