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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
302 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
..STRONG NORTH WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE REGION
.THE STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
MOSTLY CALM AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD.
LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180-201-216-259>262-032115-
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VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-
HARDIN-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...
MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH...
LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...
BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...
LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER...
KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
302 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
..WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 20 MPH AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAZ052>055-073-074-TXZ215-040000-
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VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...
MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...
STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...
GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR
302 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013
..WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* TIMING...NOW THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
MPH.
* IMPACTS...SMALL TWIGS OR TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF.
LOOSE LAWN ITEMS AND TRASH CANS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND.
SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER...
ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 34 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
WINDS OVER LOCAL WATERWAYS COULD BE 5 MPH HIGHER THAN OVER LAND.
SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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