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Gale Watch 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 8:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 42 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 27 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:46 PM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 32 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:46 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 27 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:52 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 38 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.