Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
635 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

GMZ435-LAZ027>033-042>045-052>055-201400-
VERMILION BAY-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-
EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...
MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...JENNINGS...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...
RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...
ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...
FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE
635 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FORT POLK
TO VERMILION BAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH ACROSS
ACADIANA AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN NEAR HALF AN INCH OF
RAINFALL OVER AN HOUR.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
551 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
211100-
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-
551 AM CDT THU JUN 20 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

ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
MOVING OVER THE AREA WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BE STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT
OF THE ATMOSPHERE...STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF HIGH RAINFALL RATES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN PONDING ON
ROADWAYS OR MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING OR URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AND MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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