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Special Marine Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 1, 2016

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special marine warning at Apr 1, 2016, 9:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2016, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 special marine warning went out at Apr 1, 7:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 7:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 4:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
433 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-020945-
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-
433 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF. FREQUENT LIGHTNING... GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. A
FEW STRONG STORMS...POTENTIALLY APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS...MAY
DEVELOP ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND LOWER
ACADIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LESS NUMEROUS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
10. THE ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE TONIGHT.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS ARE FORECASTED
FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. WAVES MAY APPROACH 7 FEET IN THE
OUTER WATERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATER
TODAY AND CONTINUING TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON THURSDAY...OTHERWISE
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 4:02 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH41 hr
Apr 1, 7:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Apr 1, 8:04 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin13 hr
Apr 1, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH51 min
Apr 1, 8:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH51 min
Apr 1, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH47 min
Apr 1, 10:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH46 min
Apr 1, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH46 min
Apr 1, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH49 min
Apr 1, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH25 min
Apr 1, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH52 min
Apr 1, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH23 min
Apr 1, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion39 min
Apr 1, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH52 min
Apr 1, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH48 min
Apr 1, 3:06 PM CDTGale WarningLCH16 hr
Apr 1, 3:06 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH30 hr

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Louisiana, 2016Every special marine warning 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.