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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 1, 2017, 3:46 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 2, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2017, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 31, 11:08 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 11:08 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 5:42 AM CST, 22 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 542 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 011145- 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- 542 AM CST SAT DEC 31 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 POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN WILL POTENTIALLY TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3-5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS RAIN, COMBINED WITH RAIN THAT IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLOODING, THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ONE OR TWO TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-011145- 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- 542 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY RESULTING IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS THAT COULD RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION, SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 20-60 NM OFFSHORE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS WITH INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:51 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 4 days |
| Dec 31, 8:51 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 10 days |
| Dec 31, 8:51 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 24 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 13 hr | |
| Jan 1, 8:13 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 6 days |
| Jan 1, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 days |
| Jan 1, 1:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | St. Mary | 3 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.