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Gale Watch 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 16, 2016

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale watch at Dec 16, 2016, 9:50 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2016, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2016, 9:50 PM CST (03:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 17, 2016, 3:46 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 16, 5:29 PM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 5:29 PM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 4:35 AM CST, 17 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
435 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
171045-
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-
435 AM CST FRI DEC 16 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
THERE WILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE
TODAY...AND ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
TONIGHT. RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. OTHERWISE
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.  A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT.
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO BELOW
FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A HARD FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN LOUISIANA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-171045-
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-
435 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ESPECIALLY OVER THE OFFSHORE
WATERS FOR LATER TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS ARE
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CAN BE EXPECTED, WITH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 8:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu42 hr
Dec 17, 8:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu27 hr
Dec 17, 3:46 PM CSTGale WarningLCH32 hr
Dec 17, 3:46 PM CSTLow Water AdvisoryLCH27 hr
Dec 17, 3:52 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more38 hr

Nearby

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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.