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Gale Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 16, 2023

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this gale warning at Feb 16, 2023, 10:07 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2023, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2023, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2023, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 17, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Feb 16, 6:02 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 6:02 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 6:00 AM CST, 4 hours 7 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
Feb 16, 2:21 PM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		21 hr
Feb 16, 2:21 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		43 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.