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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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FLUS44 KLCH 181046
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
191100-
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-
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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
A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL INTERACT WITH A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVING
EAST OVER THE AREA RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY MIDDAY. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER A FEW STORMS COULD BE
STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN PONDING ON ROADWAYS OR MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING OR URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN
WEDNESDAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES PASSING OVER THE REGION INTERACT
WITH A STALLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
REACH SEVERE LIMITS...BUT GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF
THE STORMS.

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST OVER THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL
AGAIN INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
ALOFT MOVES WEST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-191100-
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-
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

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