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Gale Watch 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 19, 2018

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale watch at Dec 19, 2018, 3:10 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2018, 3:10 AM CST (09:10 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2018, 2:59 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 19, 3:01 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:01 AM CST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:58 PM CST, 11 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 19, 2:59 PM CST	Gale Warning	LCH		45 hr
Dec 19, 2:59 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		45 hr
Dec 19, 5:45 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	9 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.