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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 20, 1995Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 6:44 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 1995, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Rapides Parish, LA

The text

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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, Apr 20, 1:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 2:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 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
Apr 20, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	60 min
Apr 20, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Grant	50 min
Apr 20, 7:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	LaSalle, Rapides	58 min
Apr 20, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	65 min
Apr 20, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen	62 min
Apr 20, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides	55 min
Apr 20, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Grant	40 min
Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Angelina	58 min
Apr 20, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Nacogdoches, San Augustine	59 min
Apr 20, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	San Augustine	50 min
Apr 20, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Angelina	67 min
Apr 20, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	65 min
Apr 20, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Sabine	44 min
Apr 20, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	41 min

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Sources

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