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Gale Watch 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale watch at Jan 20, 2017, 3:07 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 22, 2017, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 317 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2017, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2017, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2017, 2:54 PM CST
- In force
- 317 days
- 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 Jan 19, 11:43 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 11:43 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 5:17 AM CST, 21 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 517 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 201130- 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- 517 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017 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 RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A STRONG STORMS OR TWO WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY A WEAK TORNADO POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN TODAY. AREAS EAST OF A BEAUMONT TO ALEXANDRIA LINE MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 3 OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS OCCURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THE FRONT PASSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER ANY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS APPRECIATED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-201130- 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- 517 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY. VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SEAS OF 10 TO 15 FEET IN THE OUTER GULF WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 7:15 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 10 days |
| Jan 19, 9:37 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 11 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 10 days |
| Jan 20, 11:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 7 days |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.