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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 25, 1993Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1993, 8:08 PM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1993, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Vermilion Parish, LA

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
LAZ005>008-011-012-260040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
620 PM CDT WED AUG 25 1993

AT 615 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED
OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER VERNON...
BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...AND CAMERON PARISHES.  MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING
OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER LOW PLACES...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN THE PRESENT
TIME AND 730 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
LAZ005>008-011-012-260040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
620 PM CDT WED AUG 25 1993

AT 615 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED
OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER VERNON...
BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...AND CAMERON PARISHES.  MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING
OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AND OTHER LOW PLACES...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN THE PRESENT
TIME AND 730 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette50 min

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.