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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1996, 5:31 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1996, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1996, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.